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Details
Type: Index
Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/4522 (Lt 95 )
Title: [unknown]
Author: Congreve, William
Attribution: Congreve; [Latin]
Language: Latin
Date(s): 1710 (published)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/102445
Description
Notes: (From heaven to) -or- (If noble Atticus)
First lines: From heav'n to mankind sure that rule was sent
Of 'Know thyself' and by some god was meant
Last lines: To be our never-erring pilot here
Through all the various courses which we steer
Length: 4
Verse form: 1 stanza, aabb
Contents: Arguing that the dictum 'know thyself' is a divine gift to enable people to guide their lives. Extract from Congreve's translation of Juvenal, "Satires", XI, with preceding Latin lines