We are all tainted with the Athenian itch
- DMI number:
- 43016
- First Line:
- We are all tainted with the Athenian itch
- Last Line:
- That so his echo round the tower may go
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Occasional poem, Address, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Age, Fashion, Loyalty, Mythology, People[Ben Jonson.], Poetry / literature / writing, and Politics
- Author:
- Robert Wild
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- In the ODNB, Richard L. Greaves states that Wild 'attacked Rome in Dr. Wild's Poem: In nova fert animus (1679), composed as the First Exclusion Parliament met.'
- Title:
- Rome rhym'd to death. Being a collection of choice poems: in two parts [ESTC R16454]
- Page No(s):
- pp.83-85
- Poem Title:
- Dr. Wild's Poem. In nova fert Animus, &c. Or, A New Song To An Old Friend From An Old Poet, Upon the Hopeful New Parliament.
- Attribution:
- Dr. Wild's Poem.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Wild
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