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Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

DMI number:
14042
First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Our nations melting thy Colossus frame
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet, Satire, Panegyric, and Elegy
Themes:
Mythology, Poetry / literature / writing, Politics, Religion, Scotland, Supernatural, and War[Second Dutch War]
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Author:
Andrew Marvell
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from The Loyal Scot. Smith (2007): 399-412.
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Content/Publication
Title:
Original and genuine letters sent to the Tatler and Spectator [T147412] [vol. 1]
Page No(s):
pp.239-243
Poem Title:
A fragment of a Poem on the death of Capt. Douglas, burnt on one of his Majesty's ships at Chatham. By Cleaveland's Ghost.
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Not attributed