Vain boast of wisdom | That with fantastic pride like busy children
- DMI number:
- 21398
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Vain boast of wisdom | That with fantastic pride like busy children
- Last Line:
- The hand of chance overturns or loosely scatters
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Nicholas Rowe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Ambitious Stepmother Act 5 Scene 2. Dramatic Works I.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [B] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.316
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. Rowe's Amb. Step.]
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
Poem Aliases
Rowe. Ambitious Stepmother.
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