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Gentle river gentle river

DMI number:
36922
First Line:
Gentle river gentle river
Last Line:
And without a groan expired
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Narrative verse, and Quatrain abcb
Themes:
Fighting / conflict, Nature, Other countries, Religion, and War
Related People
Composer:
Samuel Johnson
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Gentle River, Gentle River' is 'translated from the Spanish, 'Rio Verde', by Percy (and also [Samuel] Johnson)' - Nick Groom, The Making of Percy’s Reliques (Oxford: OUP, 1999), p. 49.
Composer:
Thomas Percy
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Gentle River, Gentle River' is 'translated from the Spanish, 'Rio Verde', by Percy (and also [Samuel] Johnson)' - Nick Groom, The Making of Percy’s Reliques (Oxford: OUP, 1999), p. 49.
Content/Publication
Title:
Modern poems: selected chiefly from miscellanies published lately. [T54021] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.1-3
Poem Title:
I. Gentle River, Gentle River. Translated from the Spanish. First published by Mr. Percy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Reliques of ancient English poetry [2nd ed] [Vol 1] [T83735] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.337-341 (odd pages)
Poem Title:
XVII. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Reliques of ancient English poetry [3rd ed] [Vol 1] [T82693] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.339-343 (odd pages)
Poem Title:
XVII. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 1] [T81998] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.355-359 (odd pages)
Poem Title:
XVI. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 1] [T83734] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.269-273 (odd pages)
Poem Title:
XIX. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 1] [T84265] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.287-291 (odd pages)
Poem Title:
XIX. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 1] [T84936] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.319-323 (odd pages)
Poem Title:
XIX. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed