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From Hymen's joys the muse with drooping wing

DMI number:
21876
First Line:
From Hymen's joys the muse with drooping wing
Last Line:
Too rich a present for a thankless grave
Poem Genre / Form:
Character and Couplet
Themes:
Death and Grief / sadness / melancholy
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Author:
Nahum Tate
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
A present for the ladies: being an historical account of several illustrious persons of the female sex (1693: ESTC R35211): 14-22.
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Content/Publication
Title:
The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
Page No(s):
pp.289-292
Poem Title:
The Widow.
Attribution:
By the Late N. Tate, Esq; Poet Laureat.
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate