Oh hear a pensive captive's prayer
- DMI number:
- 27222
- First Line:
- Oh hear a pensive captive's prayer
- Last Line:
- And break the hidden snare
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abcb and Lament
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Animals, God, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin]
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'The Mouse's Petition'. Aikin (1825) I: 35-38.
- First Line:
- Oh hear a pensive prisoner's prayer
- Last Line:
- And break the hidden snare
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T147647] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.141-143
- Poem Title:
- The Mouse's Petition, Found in the Trap, where he had been confined all Night.
- Attribution:
- Mrs. Barbauld.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [N21758] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.141-143
- Poem Title:
- The Mouse's Petition, Found in the Trap, where he had been confined all Night.
- Attribution:
- Mrs. Barbauld.
- Attributed To:
- Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin]
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