What horrid crime did gentle sleep displease
- DMI number:
- 44564
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- What horrid crime did gentle sleep displease
- Last Line:
- Let him but call upon me in his way
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Address, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Sleep
- Author:
- John Potenger
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- ODNB entry on John Potenger mentions this poem
- Title:
- Poems by several hands on several occasions [R22319]
- Page No(s):
- p.53-54
- Poem Title:
- A translation out of Statius. To sleep
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Statius. Silvae. 5.4
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