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The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care

DMI number:
24332
Poem Aliases
Addison. Resurrectio.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care
Last Line:
The spiry flames which shoot through rolling smoke
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
Themes:
God, Heaven, Religion[Resurrection], and Art / painting
Related People
Translated from:
Joseph Addison
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Chalmers (1810) IX: 541-542.
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
See The Works ed. Hurd vol. 6 (London, 1856): 573. Variant of A Poem on the Resurrection, 3rd edn (1718, ESTC T171535). ESTC notes 'The Latin text by Addison is followed by an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst.'
Related Poems
First Line:
The pencil's glowing lines and vast command
Last Line:
Till the piece sees the last great day it paints
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
The Chester Miscellany [T166017]
Page No(s):
pp.220-223
Poem Title:
A Version of Mr. Addison's Latin Poem, entituled, The Resurrection; painted above the Altar in Magdalen-College Chapel, Oxon.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed