Wouldst thou be free I fear thou art in jest
- DMI number:
- 6330
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Wouldst thou be free I fear thou art in jest
- Last Line:
- Thy mind thou'rt freer than the Persian king
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...], and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and The happy man / contentment
- Translated from:
- Martial
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Sir Charles Sedley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Pinto (1928) I: 58.
- Title:
- The poetical works of the honourable Sir Charles Sedley Bar...with a new miscelany of poems by several of the most eminent hands [T132211]
- Page No(s):
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- To Maximus. Lib. 2. Ep. 53.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Sedley's name.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Charles Sedley
- Title:
- The poetical works of the honourable Sir Charles Sedley Baronet...with a new miscellany of poems by several of the most eminent hands [T72752]
- Page No(s):
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- To Maximus. Lib. 2. Ep. 53.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Sedley's name.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Charles Sedley
Poem Aliases
Martial. Book 2 Epigram 53.
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