Tis vice alone disturbs the human breast
- DMI number:
- 33716
- First Line:
- Tis vice alone disturbs the human breast
- Last Line:
- On life or death a prison or a crown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Possibly an extract w. variants from An Ode in Imitation of the Second ode of the Third Book of Horace ('How long enchanted Albion wilt thou lie'). Wright and Spears I: 112-122.
- First Line:
- With glittering beams and native glory bright
- Last Line:
- On life or death a prison or a crown
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Thoughts Moral and Divine [T136739] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.419
- Poem Title:
- Virtue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Thoughts Moral and Divine [T6265] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.374
- Poem Title:
- Virtue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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