Meantime the master porter wide displayed

DMI number:

22860

Poem Aliases

Thomson. Castle of Indolence. Canto 1.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Meantime the master porter wide displayed

Last Line:

Sir Porter sat him down and turned to sleep again

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Spenserian stanzas

Themes:

Sleep and Virtue / vice

Related People

Author:

James Thomson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Castle of Indolence (Canto I). Sambrook (1986): 175-223.

Content/Publication

Title:

The morning walk or city encompassed...with a prologue and appendix, from the best poets on similar subjects. [T12485] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.76

Poem Title:

On Sloth.

Attribution:

Thomson's Castle of Indolence.

Attributed To:

James Thomson