Oh thou that gladdest the pensive breast
- DMI number:
- 30997
- First Line:
- Oh thou that gladdest the pensive breast
- Last Line:
- And sullen glides away
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Ode
- Themes:
- Hope
- Author:
- James Beattie
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XVIII: 545 (variant of extract of 'Ode to Hope').
- First Line:
- O thou that gladdest the pensive breast
- Last Line:
- In rapture too severe for weak mortality
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.153-154
- Poem Title:
- Hope.
- Attribution:
- Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
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