Surprised with fear he fled along the field
- DMI number:
- 28603
- First Line:
- Surprised with fear he fled along the field
- Last Line:
- The mortal tumult mounts and thunders in the skies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Epic simile
- Themes:
- Animals[Stag], Fear, and Mythology
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's Aeneid, Book XII. Calif. VI (1988): 796-7.
- Translated from:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Thus when a fearful stag is closed around
- Last Line:
- The mortal tumult mounts and thunders in the skies
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The polite companion: containing essays illustrated with passages from the poets, orators [T202654] [Vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- p.308
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Virg. Dryd. L. XII.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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