Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore
- DMI number:
- 3958
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore
- Last Line:
- Their beams abroad and bring the darksome soul to day
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Philosophic poetry, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Philosophical enquiry and The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. III (1969): 46-7.
- Translated from:
- Lucretius
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (M-Z) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- pp.273-274
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellany poems: in two parts [ESTC R31378]
- Page No(s):
- pp.56-59
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius The beginning of the Second Book.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Sylvae: or, the second part of poetical miscellanies [ESTC R1682]
- Page No(s):
- pp.56-59
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius The beginning of the Second Book.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Sylvae: or, the second part of poetical miscellanies [ESTC R31379]
- Page No(s):
- pp.56-59
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius The beginning of the Second Book.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Sylvae: or, the second part of poetical miscellanies [ESTC R41930]
- Page No(s):
- pp.56-59
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius The beginning of the Second Book.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [N70161]
- Page No(s):
- pp.48-50
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius, The Beginning of the Second Book.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [T117014] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.47-49
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius, The Beginning of the Second Book.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Lucretius. De Rerum Natura. Book 2.
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