Let loftier bards the hero's acts relate
- DMI number:
- 22726
- First Line:
- Let loftier bards the hero's acts relate
- Last Line:
- And to the trophied relics points on high
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Narrative verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Animals[mouse], Books, and Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- Samuel Bowden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'The Mouse and the Oyster'. Bowden (1754): 5-9.
- First Line:
- When midnight's sable veil overspread the plain
- Last Line:
- And to the trophied relics points on high
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- 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.58-61
- Poem Title:
- VII. The Fate of the Mouse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muse's vagaries or the merry mortal's companion [Part II] [ESTC T170724]
- Page No(s):
- pp.33-37
- Poem Title:
- The Mouse and the Oyster.
- Attribution:
- a poetical Gentleman
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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