Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
- DMI number:
- 31070
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
- Last Line:
- No god shall crown the board no goddess bless the bed
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence and Prophecy
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. V (1988): 95-7.
- Translated from:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
- Last Line:
- No god shall crown the board nor goddess bless the bed
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
- Page No(s):
- pp.220-222
- Poem Title:
- Virgil's Fourth Pastoral; or, his Pollio.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Virgil. Eclogue 4.
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