So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains

DMI number:

12989

Poem Aliases

Addison. Cato.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains

Last Line:

And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows

Poem Genre / Form:

Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Epic simile

Themes:

Nature

Related People

Author:

Joseph Addison

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Cato Act 1 Scene 4. Chalmers (1810) IX: 576-597.

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First Line:

So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains

Last Line:

And a new heaven on its fair bosom shows

Relationship:

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Content/Publication

Title:

Memoirs of the society of Grub-street [vol 2] [T97941] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.84

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed