Old Chaucer like the morning star
- DMI number:
- 4696
- First Line:
- Old Chaucer like the morning star
- Last Line:
- Nor death's dark veil their day overcast
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Essay and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810): 247-248. Banks (1928): 149-152.
- First Line:
- Now priests whose sacred office 'tis to bring
- Last Line:
- But they the breath that makes the flame inspire
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- What gives us that fantastic fit
- Last Line:
- From nature both her guide and way
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- A tablet stood of that abstersive tree
- Last Line:
- Nor rudely skips over bishops heads like knights
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.243-246
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Abraham Cowley, his Death and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand. [i.e. Denham]
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [T214159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.247-249
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Abraham Cowley, his Death and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets.
- Attribution:
- By the same hand [i.e. Denham]
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
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