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Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart

DMI number:
6020
First Line:
Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
Last Line:
When more of nature's seen and less of art
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Beauty and Wit
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Author:
Matthew Prior
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Wright and Spears I: 19-24 (Extract from Satire on the Modern Translators ('Since the united cunning of the stage').
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Comments:
First Line:
True wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
Last Line:
When more of nature's seen and less of art
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Content/Publication
Title:
Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
Page No(s):
p.363
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
The Art of English Poetry (M-Z) [T136727]
Page No(s):
p.373
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Prior.
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior