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Great Pompey's ashes in vile Egypt lie

DMI number:
16988
First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes in vile Egypt lie
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Quatrain aabb
Themes:
Ancient history and Death
Related People
Author:
Aaron Hill
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Works (1753) III: 312.
Translated from:
Martial
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
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First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Relationship:
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Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellaneous poems and translations by several hands [T127363]
Page No(s):
p.43
Poem Title:
In Pompeios, &c. ---- from Mart.
Attribution:
By the same. [i.e. Aaron Hill]
Attributed To:
Aaron Hill
Title:
Miscellaneous poems and translations. By several hands. [T154710]
Page No(s):
p.43
Poem Title:
In Pompeios, &c. ----from Mart.
Attribution:
By the same. [i.e. Aaron Hill]
Attributed To:
Aaron Hill