She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
- DMI number:
- 11880
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
- Last Line:
- And long the plant a human heart retained
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, Narrative verse, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology, Nature, and Parents and children
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Fable of Dryope. Twickenham edition I: 385-90.
- Translated from:
- Ovid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
- Last Line:
- And long the plant a human heat retained
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T128848, Vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- p.119-123
- Poem Title:
- The Fable of Dryope.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T99262, Vol 2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.104-107
- Poem Title:
- The Fable of Dryope.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Fable of Dryope.
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Book 9.
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