Thus the great lamp by which the globe is blest
- DMI number:
- 5566
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Thus the great lamp by which the globe is blest
- Last Line:
- Relieves his lustre with a milder light
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Night and Universe
- Author:
- George Stepney
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Epistle to Charles Montague, on his majesty's voyage to Holland ('Since you oft invite me to renew'). Chalmers (1810) VIII: 352-354.
- First Line:
- Sir | Since you oft invite me to renew
- Last Line:
- Which neither craft shall loose nor force shall cut
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- pp.226-227
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Stepney. Epistle to Charles Montague.
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