Hither descend thou spirit sublime and pure
- DMI number:
- 22288
- First Line:
- Hither descend thou spirit sublime and pure
- Last Line:
- And all the father fill the accomplished son
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Elegy and Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]
- Themes:
- Death and The monarchy (heads of state)[Frederick, Prince of Wales.]
- Author:
- Richard Cumberland
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ODNB states: "Cumberland was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a pensioner on 15 June 1747, matriculated in 1748, and graduated BA in 1751."
- Title:
- Academiae Cantabrigiensis Luctus in obitum Frederici celsissimi Walliae Principis [T104108] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- sig. Ggv
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- R. Cumberland A. B. Trin. Coll.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Cumberland
- Title:
- The English poems collected from the Oxford and Cambridge verses on the death of his royal highness Frederick Prince of Wales [T56626] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.158-156 [i.e. 159]
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By R. Cumberland, A. B. of Trinity College.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Cumberland
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