Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
- DMI number:
- 27812
- First Line:
- Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
- Last Line:
- The only happy is the self-approved
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Elegy
- Themes:
- Fame, Hopelessness / vanity of life, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Whitehead
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XVII: 228. Suarez (1997) VI: 402.
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes, by several hands [Vol. 6] [T144532]
- Page No(s):
- pp.44-47
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [N64141] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.44-47
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T101653] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- PP.55-58
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A Collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T115893] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.44-47
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.44-47
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleam of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Vicount [sic.] Villiers. Written at Rome, 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Whitehead]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T144724] [ECCO] [OCTAVO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.44-47
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 6] [T116246] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.57-60
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A select collection of poems from the most approved authors [vol 2] [N21829] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.73-75
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To The Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Visc. Villiers. Written at Rome, 1756,
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Whitehead]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A Select Collection of Poems, From the most approved Authors, Vol 2 [N21809] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-116
- Poem Title:
- On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To The Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome, 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Whitehead]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A Select Collection of Poems, From the most approved Authors, Vol 2 [T117085] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-116
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II. On the Mausoleum of Augustus. To the Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. Written at Rome. 1756.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. William Whitehead, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- Select Poems, From Dodsley's Collection [T175707]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-163
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the Mausoleum of Augustus. To The Right Honourable George Bussy Villiers, Viscount Villiers. ...Written at Rome, MDCCLVI.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Whitehead]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
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