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]
- Author:
- Andrew Marvell
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Loyal Scot. Smith (2007): 399-412.
- First Line:
- Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
- Last Line:
- Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- 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.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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