Begin my lord in early youth
- DMI number:
- 25491
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Begin my lord in early youth
- Last Line:
- An ass should like an ass be treated
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 416-419.
- First Line:
- Begin my lord in early youth
- Last Line:
- Their merits heighten your disgrace
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.217-219
- Poem Title:
- LXI. The Packhorse and the Carrier. To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.217-219
- Poem Title:
- LXI. The Pack-Horse and the Carrier. To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [N4192]
- Page No(s):
- pp.340-342
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier...To A Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T117520] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.340-342
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T118537 ] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.340-342
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T119955] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.343-345
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T119967] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.373-375
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Hose and the Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T123215] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.343-345
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T129749] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.348-350
- Poem Title:
- To Pack-Horse and the Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T131121]
- Page No(s):
- pp.343-345
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and Carrier ... To a Young Nobleman.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.26-29
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-horse and the Carrier. To A Young Nobleman. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-24
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier. To a Young Nobleman. A Fable. [Gay.]
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-24
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier. To a Young Nobleman. A Fable. [Gay.]
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-24
- Poem Title:
- The Pack-Horse and the Carrier. To a Young Nobleman. A Fable. [Gay.]
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
Poem Aliases
Gay. Packhorse and the carrier.
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