Thus some expiring swan bewails her woe

DMI number:

18037

Poem Aliases

Ovid. Heroid VII.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Thus some expiring swan bewails her woe

Last Line:

He gave the sword her hand the sword applied

Poem Genre / Form:

Complaint, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet

Themes:

Grief / sadness / melancholy and Love

Related People

Translated from:

Ovid

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Cupid’s metamorphoses or, Love in all Shapes. Being The Second and last Volume of the Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College, Cambridge. [ESTC T11213]

Page No(s):

p.85-101

Poem Title:

Dido to Aeneas.

Attribution:

Mr. William Pattison (title page)

Attributed To:

William Pattison