Thus airy pleasure dances in our eyes
- DMI number:
- 33195
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Thus airy pleasure dances in our eyes
- Last Line:
- Till they are lost in shades and mingle with the night
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Isaac Watts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'A Funeral Poem On the Death of Thomas Gunston, Esq;', in Watts, 'Horae Lyricae' (1709): 312-331.
- Title:
- The Complete Art of Writing Letters [N28200]
- Page No(s):
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Complete Art of Writing Letters [T162103] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.206
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Watts. Horae Lyricae.
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