On a clear fountain's shady brink

DMI number:

30868

First Line:

On a clear fountain's shady brink

Last Line:

And bask in open sun

Themes:

Gardens, Imagination, and Nature

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Author:

John Duncombe

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Forster (1980): 49.

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Content/Publication

Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. X. For October. [T146608]

Page No(s):

pp.66-68

Poem Title:

The Middlesex Garden. To Miss H___ in Kent.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. J.D.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed