A man unfortunate was wont to cry
- DMI number:
- 6247
- First Line:
- A man unfortunate was wont to cry
- Last Line:
- And all of us would say the same Mecaenas said before
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and Death
- Translated from:
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [May 1711]
- Page No(s):
- pp.173-174
- Poem Title:
- The Unfortunate Man and Death. Translated out of Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muses mercury [P2007] [December 1707]
- Page No(s):
- p.269
- Poem Title:
- The Unfortunate Man and Death. Out of Fontane.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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