Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath

DMI number:

42558

First Line:

Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath

Last Line:

It has killed a poet in whose verse it lives

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Elegy, and Couplet

Themes:

Death and Food and drink[grapes, wine.]

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Translated from:

Coelius

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

Miscellany ID 1673 includes Latin original, introduced as 'this Elegy out of Coelius' (sig. c1v).

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First Line:

Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath

Last Line:

It killed a poet in whose verse it lives

Relationship:

Variant Of

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek [ESTC R7394]

Page No(s):

sig. c2v

Poem Title:

English't thus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed