Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
- DMI number:
- 27947
- First Line:
- Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
- Last Line:
- Will heave one tuneful sigh and sooth my hovering shade
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ode and Couplet
- Themes:
- Friendship, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- William Mason
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Suarez (1997) VI: 398; Chalmers (1810) XVIII: 330-331.
- Title:
- A Select Collection of Poems, From the most approved Authors, Vol 2 [T117085] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.194-196
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The British poets [N15724]
- Page No(s):
- pp.28-30
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The select poems of Dr Akenside, Mr Gray, Mr Mason, W. Shenstone Esq; Mess. Wartons, Ld Lyttleton [etc] [N21761] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.52-54
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To A Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes, by several hands [Vol. 6] [T144532]
- Page No(s):
- pp.318-320
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [N64141] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.318-320
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T101653] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.381-382
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A Collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T115893] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.318-320
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T124648] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.318-320
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.318-320
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T144724] [ECCO] [OCTAVO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.318-320
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 6] [T116246] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.348-350
- Poem Title:
- Ode. On Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A Collection of Poems, From the Best Authors: Adapted to every age, but peculiarly designed to form the Taste of Youth. [T78176] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.202-204
- Poem Title:
- XII. On Melancholy: to a Friend.
- Attribution:
- by Mason. [Contents page]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A select collection of poems from the most approved authors [vol 2] [N21829] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.144-146
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- Title:
- A Select Collection of Poems, From the most approved Authors, Vol 2 [N21809] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.194-196
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
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