Why droops this heart with fancied woes forlorn
- DMI number:
- 34432
- First Line:
- Why droops this heart with fancied woes forlorn
- Last Line:
- Aid the kind breast and waft his boat to land
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Elegy
- Themes:
- Animals, Death, Nature, Poverty, and Slavery
- Author:
- William Shenstone
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XIII: 277.
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors [T90031] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.187-190
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the African Slaves.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T87951] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-212
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the African Slaves.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [N16023] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.210-213
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the African Slaves.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [N29557] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.210-213
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the African Slaves.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T87952] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.210-213
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the African Slaves.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
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