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Ere yet ingenuous youth thy steps retire

DMI number:
35327
First Line:
Ere yet ingenuous youth thy steps retire
Last Line:
The muse forbids the virtues man to die
Poem Genre / Form:
Elegy and Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]
Themes:
Education and Poetry / literature / writing
Related People
Author:
William Mason
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Forster (1980): 58; Chalmers (1810) XVIII: 334-335.
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Ere yet ingenuous youth thy steps retire
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The muse forbids the virtuous man to die
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Content/Publication
Title:
The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [3rd ed] [T105857] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.107-109
Poem Title:
Chap. XX. Elegy to a Young Nobleman Leaving the University.
Attribution:
Mason.
Attributed To:
William Mason