Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen
- DMI number:
- 30442
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen
- Last Line:
- He sent him war or plague or famine sore
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sonnet
- Themes:
- History[London Plague] and Poetry / literature / writing[John Milton]
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 373. Forster (1980): 62.
- Title:
- The Poetical Calendar. Vol. VIII. For August. [T146609]
- Page No(s):
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- A Sonnet, Upon Occasion of the Plague in London, Lately Found on a Glass Window at Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire, Where Milton Resided During the Continuance of that Calamity.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Pope. Sonnet written upon occasion of the plague.
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