In vain the muse attempts to tune the lyre
- DMI number:
 - 17860
 - First Line:
 - In vain the muse attempts to tune the lyre
 - Last Line:
 - In Britain's groves nor sought a foreign shade
 - Poem Genre / Form:
 - Elegy and Couplet
 - Themes:
 - Death, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Poetry / literature / writing
 - Title:
 - Poems on several subjects, by a land-waiter in the Port of Poole. [T42655]
 - Page No(s):
 - pp.187-190
 - Poem Title:
 - On The Death of Dr. Sewell.
 - Attribution:
 - By Mr. Birch
 - Attributed To:
 - Mr. Birch
 
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