Vain were the thought to instruct the verse to flow
- DMI number:
- 17872
- First Line:
- Vain were the thought to instruct the verse to flow
- Last Line:
- And life gushed out as he disclosed the wound
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Elegy and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and The monarchy (heads of state)[Queen Caroline]
- Author:
- William Whitehead
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- ODNB: Whitehead was a studying at Clare College, Cambridge, at the time of this publication.
- Title:
- Pietas academiae Cantabrigiensis in funere serenissimae principis Wilhelminae Carolinae [T104106] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- sig. M2r-v
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Whitehead Clare Hall.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
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