Nor could they form O Cyllarus forestow

DMI number:

10793

Poem Aliases

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XII.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Nor could they form O Cyllarus forestow

Last Line:

Thy fate -------

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Mythology and Poetry / literature / writing

Related People

Author:

John Dryden

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Calif. VII (2000): 422 [‘Nor could thy form’?]

Translated from:

Ovid

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Related Poems

First Line:

Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

Last Line:

His legs and flowing tail were white alone

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Variant Of

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First Line:

Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

Last Line:

Whose valour equalled his foreseeing mind

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Extract Of/Extracted In

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Content/Publication

Title:

The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)

Page No(s):

p.313

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

I think Mr. Dryden himself... in his version of Ovid

Attributed To:

John Dryden

Title:

The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.313

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

I think Mr. Dryden himself... in his version of Ovid

Attributed To:

John Dryden