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
- Translated from:
- Joseph Addison
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) IX: 539-541.
- Title:
- Cupids 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
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