Whether on earth in air or main
- DMI number:
- 29995
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Whether on earth in air or main
- Last Line:
- That more important fleas may feed
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Fable
- Themes:
- Nature and Universe
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 367-368.
- First Line:
- Whether on earth in air or main
- Last Line:
- That more important fleas might feed
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A Collection of Modern Fables [ESTC T85473]
- Page No(s):
- pp.138-139
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXVII. The Man and the Flea.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The entertainer; containing great variety of instructive entertainment [Vol I] [T100454]
- Page No(s):
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. Man and the flea.
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