On Guinea's sultry strand the drapery light
- DMI number:
- 31977
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- On Guinea's sultry strand the drapery light
- Last Line:
- And avarice there are ills to come for crimes
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Georgic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Slavery, Trades / labour, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Dyer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Fleece (Book IV). Chalmers (1810) XIII: 228-250.
- Title:
- Poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools the fourth edition [ESTC T132703]
- Page No(s):
- pp.276-277
- Poem Title:
- Reflections on the Slave-Trade
- Attribution:
- Dyer
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces [ESTC T175134] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.254-255
- Poem Title:
- Reflections on the Slave-Trade
- Attribution:
- Dyer
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools [ESTC T118165] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.315-316
- Poem Title:
- Reflections on the Slave-Trade
- Attribution:
- Dyer
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- Title:
- The poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools third edition [ESTC T118166] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.276-277
- Poem Title:
- Reflections on the Slave-Trade
- Attribution:
- Dyer
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
Poem Aliases
Dyer. The Fleece.
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