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The gods are not more blest than he

DMI number:
44576
Poem Aliases
Sappho. Ode
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The gods are not more blest than he
Last Line:
I sigh I tremble and I die
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Ode, and Couplet
Themes:
Love and Sex / relations between the sexes
Related People
Author:
William Bowles
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
See Mary Ann O'Donnell Aphra Behn An annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources (Routledge, 2004) 'the author of this poem must be presumed to be William Bowles.'
Content/Publication
Title:
Poems by several hands on several occasions [R22319]
Page No(s):
p.85-86
Poem Title:
Sapho's Ode out of Longinus
Attribution:
Attributed To:
William Bowles