And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
- DMI number:
- 12913
- First Line:
- And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
- Last Line:
- And on the tongue the faltering accents die
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Epic simile
- Themes:
- Sleep
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's Aenied Book 12. Calif. VI (1988): 804.
- First Line:
- And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
- Last Line:
- The fury flew athwart and made the endeavour void
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- When heavy sleep has closed the sight
- Last Line:
- And on the tongue the faultering accents die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of select pieces from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Dryden and Pope, for schools [T128606] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.282-283
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T128313]
- Page No(s):
- p.299
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T167216] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.299
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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