On that sad day what tears Britannia shed
- DMI number:
- 22280
- First Line:
- On that sad day what tears Britannia shed
- Last Line:
- And George and peace diffuse the indulgent beam
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Elegy
- Themes:
- Death and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ODNB entry: 'in 1750 [Darwin] became a student at St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied classics and mathematics. He held the Exeter scholarship there and wrote a poem on the death of Frederick, prince of Wales, in 1751'.
- Title:
- Academiae Cantabrigiensis Luctus in obitum Frederici celsissimi Walliae Principis [T104108] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- sig. Y2r-Zr.
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Erasmus Darwin of St. John's College.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Title:
- The English poems collected from the Oxford and Cambridge verses on the death of his royal highness Frederick Prince of Wales [T56626] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.137-140
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Erasmus Darwin, of St. John's College.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
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