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Tis soft repose without an air of breath

DMI number:
5653
First Line:
Tis soft repose without an air of breath
Last Line:
Dwells here and a dumb quiet next to death
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Sleep
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Ceyx and Alcyone ('These prodigies afflict the pious prince'); Calif. VII (2000): 357.
Content/Publication
Title:
Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
Page No(s):
p.526
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed