Not happiness itself makes good her name
- DMI number:
- 34247
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Not happiness itself makes good her name
- Last Line:
- On its sharp point peace bleeds and hope expires
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Composite poem, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Edward Young
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Composite verse made from extracts from Night Thoughts Night 1 and Night 3: Chalmers (1810) XIII: 420-423, 428-432.
- Title:
- Walking amusements for chearful christians [T176253] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- Walking amusements for chearful christians [T80898] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
Poem Aliases
Young. Night Thoughts. Night 1.
Young. Night Thoughts. Night 3.
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