Unhappy mortals on how fine a thread
- DMI number:
- 6766
- First Line:
- Unhappy mortals on how fine a thread
- Last Line:
- Therefore let's live merrily while we can
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Quatrain abab, and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
- Themes:
- Carpe diem and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Translated from:
- Petronius Arbiter
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- William Burnaby
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- See EEBO: William Burnaby, The satyr of Titus Petronius Arbiter, a Roman knight. With its fragments, recover'd at Belgrade. Made English by Mr. Burnaby of the Middle-Temple, and another hand (1694)
- Title:
- A collection of the best english poetry by several hands [vol II] [T71]
- Page No(s):
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- On the Misery of Mankind; beginning, Heu Heu, nos Miseros, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The charms of liberty...to which is added epigrams, poems and satyrs [T30528]
- Page No(s):
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- On the Misery of Mankind: beginning, Heu, Heu, nos Miseros, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The charms of liberty...to which is added epigrams. Poems and satyrs [T30527]
- Page No(s):
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- On the Misery of Mankind; beginning, Heu, Heu, nos Miseros, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Petronius Arbiter translated by several hands [T17788]
- Page No(s):
- p.261
- Poem Title:
- On the Misery of Mankind, beginning, Heu, Heu, nos Miseros, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Petronius Arbiter translated by several hands [T17789]
- Page No(s):
- p.261
- Poem Title:
- On the Misery of Mankind, beginning, Heu, Heu, nos Miseros, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of T. Petronius Arbiter in prose and verse [T121188]
- Page No(s):
- p.261
- Poem Title:
- On the Misery of Mankind, beginning, Heu, Heu, nos Miseros, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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