Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns
- DMI number:
- 42055
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns
- Last Line:
- Which to correct or change exceeds our might
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, Proverbs / gnomic verse, and Ode
- Themes:
- Death, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Poetry / literature / writing
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Sir Thomas Hawkins
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Ode XXIV. To Virgil'. Hawkins (1638): 17.
- Title:
- The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
- Page No(s):
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXIV. ... To Virgil. Who immoderately bewailed the death of Quintilius.
- Attribution:
- By Sir T. H.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Thomas Hawkins
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 1 Ode 24.
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