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
- 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
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