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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
Related People
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.
Content/Publication
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