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Somnus the humble god that dwells

DMI number:
5655
Poem Aliases
Denham. Sophy.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Somnus the humble god that dwells
Last Line:
And both are the same thing at last
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Death and Sleep
Related People
Author:
Sir John Denham
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract w. variants from The Sophy Act 5. Banks (1928): 232-309. See also Chalmers (1810): 250-251. Banks (1928): 90.
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Morpheus the humble god that dwells
Last Line:
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Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
Page No(s):
p.528
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
The Art of English Poetry (M-Z) [T136727]
Page No(s):
pp.321-322
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Denh.
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham