At the large foot of a fair hollow tree
- DMI number:
- 952
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- At the large foot of a fair hollow tree
- Last Line:
- With peace let tares and acorns be my food
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Beast tale, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Nature, Rural life, and The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Waller (1906): 414.
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- This this the sum of all my wishes was
- Last Line:
- And with a mouse's argument confutes
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Odes and Satyrs of Horace [Dublin] [T42022]
- Page No(s):
- pp.174-177
- Poem Title:
- The Country Mouse. A Paraphrase upon Horace, Book II. Satyr. VI....Printed in his Poems, Page 723.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The Odes and Satyrs of Horace [T42018]
- Page No(s):
- pp.165-168
- Poem Title:
- The Country Mouse. A Paraphrase upon Horace, Book 2. Sat. 6....Printed in his Poems, Page 723.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The Odes and Satyrs of Horace [T42019]
- Page No(s):
- pp.165-168
- Poem Title:
- The Country Mouse. A Paraphrase upon Horace, Book 2. Sat. 6....Printed in his Poems, Page 713.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The Odes and Satyrs of Horace [T42020]
- Page No(s):
- pp.165-168
- Poem Title:
- The Country Mouse. A Paraphrase upon Horace, Book 2. Sat. 6....Printed in his Poems, Page 723.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The Odes and Satyrs of Horace [T42021]
- Page No(s):
- pp.165-168
- Poem Title:
- The Country Mouse. A Paraphrase upon Horace, Book 2. Sat. 6....Printed in his Poems, Page 723.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
- Page No(s):
- pp.295-298
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. A. Cowley.
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
Poem Aliases
Horace. Satires. Book 2 Satire 6.
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