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Twas on a summer's night I lay reposed

DMI number:
36540
First Line:
Twas on a summer's night I lay reposed
Last Line:
And starting at the loss I suddenly awoke
Poem Genre / Form:
Ten-line stanza ababcdcdee and Allegory
Themes:
Virtue / vice
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Author:
Samuel Boyse
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Chalmers (1810) XIV: 539-541.
Content/Publication
Title:
A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 6] [T93622] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.328-341
Poem Title:
The Vision of Patience, An Allegorical Poem, Sacred To The Memory Of Mr. Alexander Cuming, A Young Gentleman Unfortunately Lost In The Northern Ocean On His Return From China, 1740.
Attribution:
By Mr. S. Boyse.
Attributed To:
Samuel Boyse