On cham's fair banks where learning's hallowed fane
- DMI number:
- 32758
- First Line:
- On cham's fair banks where learning's hallowed fane
- Last Line:
- Fixed on the solid base of adamantine fame
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Eulogy, Quatrain abab, Ode, and Sestet ababcc
- Themes:
- Death, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- John Tait
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Biography in The Modern Scottish Minstrel, ed. Charles Rodgers (1855-57), 6 Vols., v.1, pp. 70-71. Immediately following in this miscellany are poems attributed 'By the same' and 'By the Author of the Cave of Morar', which Tait was definitely the author of.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [2nd ed] [vol 3] [T101913] [HATHI]
- Page No(s):
- pp.266-270
- Poem Title:
- The Tears of Genius. An Ode, to the Memory of Mr. Gray.
- Attribution:
- 'By J. T-----.'
- Attributed To:
- John Tait
- Title:
- Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [vol 3] [T101912] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.266-270
- Poem Title:
- The Tears of Genius. An Ode, to the Memory of Mr. Gray.
- Attribution:
- 'By J. T-----.' Query: British Library holding has writing above these initials, suggestive of a speculative attribution.
- Attributed To:
- John Tait
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