The elegy that loves a mournful style
- DMI number:
- 10406
- First Line:
- The elegy that loves a mournful style
- Last Line:
- The heart in elegies forms the discourse
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Translated from:
- Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-95
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-95
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- And Boileau thus
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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