Oft has the poet sweetly sung in vain
- DMI number:
- 34436
- First Line:
- Oft has the poet sweetly sung in vain
- Last Line:
- And all acknowledged for they felt the God
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Narrative verse
- Themes:
- Ancient history, God, and Theatre
- Author:
- Samuel Whyte
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- The authorship of the verse in The Shamrock, the collection edited by Whyte, is uncertain. Some of the verse is by Whyte, and some by unknown others.
- Title:
- The shamrock: or, Hibernian cresses. A collection of poems, songs, epigrams, &c. [N22315] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-21
- Poem Title:
- On Seeing Mrs. Woffington, in the Character of Phaedra. Inscribed to Mrs. Rochfort.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The shamrock: or, Hibernian cresses. A collection of poems, songs, epigrams, &c. [T90484] [2nd ed] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-21
- Poem Title:
- On Seeing Mrs. Woffington, in the Character of Phaedra. Inscribed to Mrs Rochfort.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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