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When men forgetful of their high descent

DMI number:
3527
First Line:
When men forgetful of their high descent
Last Line:
The lees the dregs the sediment of fame
Poem Genre / Form:
Lyric and Satire
Themes:
Ancient history[Pettricio Vopiscus], Money / wealth[Gold], Poetry / literature / writing[satire debauching satire into vile lampoon your sacred pens mere prostitutes became], Religion, Sex / relations between the sexes, Virtue / vice, and Wit
Content/Publication
Title:
Examen miscellaneum consisting of verse and prose [T63306]
Page No(s):
p. 29-38
Poem Title:
Satire. The Dignity of the Old Poetry, the Degeneracy of the Moderns, for Satire against Lampoon and Flattery. To the same.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Miscellanies in prose and verse [T179904]
Page No(s):
pp.29-38
Poem Title:
Satire. The Dignity of the Old Poetry, the Degeneracy of the Moderns, for Satire against Lampoon and Flattery. To the same.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed