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
- 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.
- First Line:
- From sacred dreams and thoughts prepared to pray
- Last Line:
- And fear the trial of unpracticed joy
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Go muse and bid good morrow to the bride
- Last Line:
- Thy solitude a city soon would be
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- 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
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