What armed for virtue when I point the pen
- DMI number:
- 28019
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- What armed for virtue when I point the pen
- Last Line:
- Shall walk in peace and credit to his grave
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from First satire of the second book of Horace. Twickenham edition IV.
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- p.196
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope [in body of text p. 195]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. First Satire of the Second Book of Horace.
Horace. Satires. Book 2 Satire 1.
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