Errors like straws upon the surface flow
- DMI number:
- 36786
- First Line:
- Errors like straws upon the surface flow
- Last Line:
- Those that would search for truth or pearl must dive below
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. XIII (1985): 20 [must dive below]
- First Line:
- Errors like straws upon the surface flow
- Last Line:
- He that would find pearls must seek below
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The beauties of poetry: or, a portable repository of English verse, on an entire new plan. [T85619] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.192
- Poem Title:
- A true Remark.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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