Long hast thou friend been absent from thy soil
- DMI number:
- 35063
- First Line:
- Long hast thou friend been absent from thy soil
- Last Line:
- These honours Homer had been just to thee
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Epistle
- Themes:
- Friendship, Poetry / literature / writing, and Politics
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 254-260.
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5465] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-103
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pope's Welcome from Greece. A Copy of Verses written by Mr. Gay, Upon Mr. Pope's having finished his Translation of Homer's Iliad.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5466] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.90-99
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pope's Welcome from Greece. A Copy of Verses written by Mr. Gay, Upon Mr. Pope's having finished his Translation of Homer's Iliad.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [N10300] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.95-101
- Poem Title:
- "Mr. Pope's welcome from Greece," a copy of verses written by Mr. Gay, upon Mr. Pope's having finished his translation of Homer's Iliad.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [T124632] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.95-101
- Poem Title:
- "Mr. Pope's welcome from Greece," a copy of verses written by Mr. Gay, upon Mr. Pope's having finished his translation of Homer's Iliad.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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