The solitary bird of night
- DMI number:
- 21802
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The solitary bird of night
- Last Line:
- Is vanity and woe
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Philosophic poetry, Ode, and Sestet aabccb
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Grief / sadness / melancholy, Philosophical enquiry, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Elizabeth Carter
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Suarez (1997) VI: 393. Carter (1762): 85-90.
- First Line:
- The solitary bird of night
- Last Line:
- Are vanity and woe
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- O wisdom queen of every art
- Last Line:
- Are vanity and woe
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A Collection of Poems, From the Best Authors: Adapted to every age, but peculiarly designed to form the Taste of Youth. [T78176] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.197-200
- Poem Title:
- X. To Wisdom: A nocturnal Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [ESTC N21693]
- Page No(s):
- pp.139-142
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom. From Clarissa.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Carter. Ode to Wisdom.
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