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Contending troops and fields of death I sing

DMI number:
18109
First Line:
Contending troops and fields of death I sing
Last Line:
And terribly presage destruction nigh
Poem Genre / Form:
Mock epic, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
Themes:
Animals and Fighting / conflict
Related People
Translated from:
Joseph Addison
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Chalmers (1810) IX: 539-541.
Content/Publication
Title:
Cupid’s metamorphoses or, Love in all Shapes. Being The Second and last Volume of the Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College, Cambridge. [ESTC T11213]
Page No(s):
p.165-170
Poem Title:
The Battle of the Pygmies and Cranes. Translated from the Latin of Mr. Addison.
Attribution:
Mr. William Pattison (title page)
Attributed To:
William Pattison