Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death
- DMI number:
- 22612
- First Line:
- Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death
- Last Line:
- One tear from her is more than all thy pain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lyric and Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy and Love
- Author:
- James Hammond
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XI: 143. Forster (1980): 52.
- Title:
- Love tales and elegies with pastorals and other curious poems. Selected from the best authors. [T113367] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-42
- Poem Title:
- To Delia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [N14969] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- pp.204-205
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VI.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T95888] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.200-201
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VI.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- Title:
- A collection of poems in two volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [N27941] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.201-203
- Poem Title:
- He adjures Delia to pity him by their friendship with Celia who was lately dead. Elegy VI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hammond.
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems from the best authors [T194009] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- He adjures Delia to pity him by their friendship with Celia, who was lately dead. Elegy VI.
- Attribution:
- By. Mr. Hammond.
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- Title:
- A select collection of poems from the most approved authors [vol 2] [N21829] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-180
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VI. He adjures Delia to pity him by their friendship with Celia, who was lately dead.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hammond. Written in the year 1732.
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- Title:
- A Select Collection of Poems, From the most approved Authors, Vol 2 [N21809] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.235-236
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VI. He adjures Delia to pity him by their friendship with Celia, who was lately dead.
- Attribution:
- By. Mr. Hammond.
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- Title:
- A Select Collection of Poems, From the most approved Authors, Vol 2 [T117085] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.235-236
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VI. He adjures Delia to pity him by their friendship with Celia, who was lately dead.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hammond.
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
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