The hissing serpent eager for his prey
- DMI number:
- 27115
- First Line:
- The hissing serpent eager for his prey
- Last Line:
- Touched the raw wound which healed at his command
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Animals[Snake] and Biblical history
- Author:
- Dermot O'Connor
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ECCO: From Geoffrey Keating's 'The General History of Ireland', translated into English by Dermot O'Connor.
- Title:
- A general history of the stage; with pieces of poetry never before published [T88607]
- Page No(s):
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'The Irish History informs us [...] The Irish is thus elegantly translated by a native Bard'. [i.e., Dermot O'Connor] [p.48].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A general history of the stage; with pieces of poetry never before published [T88608]
- Page No(s):
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'The Irish History informs us [...] The Irish is thus elegantly translated by a native Bard'. [Dermot O'Connor?].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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