Why wears my pensive friend that gloomy brow
- DMI number:
- 1128
- First Line:
- Why wears my pensive friend that gloomy brow
- Last Line:
- Her rules are fixed and all her ways are just
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialogue and Couplet
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment, Manners, Friendship, and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- John Hervey
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- c.f. Overton. Suarez (1997) VI: 395.
- Title:
- Select Poems from Ireland [Part I] [N21895] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.1-14
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr In the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between the Poet and his Friend.
- Attribution:
- By an English Nobleman
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Norfolk poetical miscellany [Vol I] [ESTC T85536]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-160
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue between the Poet and his Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany, consisting of great variety of odes, epistles, pastorals, tales, fables, epigrams &c. [vol 1] [T85564]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-160
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue between the Poet and his Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes, by several hands [Vol. 5] [T144532]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-155
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 5] [N64141] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-155
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 5] [T101653] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-189
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- A Collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 5] [T115893] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-155
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 5] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-155
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 5] [T144724] [ECCO] [OCTAVO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.147-155
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 5] [T116246] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.159-168
- Poem Title:
- A Satire in the Manner of Persius, in a Dialogue between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- Title:
- Select Poems, From Dodsley's Collection [T175707]
- Page No(s):
- pp.141-149
- Poem Title:
- A Satire In The Manner of Persius, In A Dialogue Between Atticus and Eugenio.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
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