Though Britain's genius hung her drooping head
- DMI number:
- 25404
- First Line:
- Though Britain's genius hung her drooping head
- Last Line:
- When senates thus reward the glorious deed
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Patriotism / glory of the British nation
- Author:
- George Lyttelton
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- (Query: Not in Chalmers (1810) XIV but attrib. to Lyttleton in other contemporary collections)
- First Line:
- Though Britain's genius hung her drooping head
- Last Line:
- He saved his leader's life but lost his own
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Though Britain's genius hung his drooping head
- Last Line:
- When senates thus reward the glorious deed
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.69-70
- Poem Title:
- On Captain James Cornwall.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies in Prose and Verse [2nd edn] [T39453] (ecco)
- Page No(s):
- pp.163-164
- Poem Title:
- On Captain James Cornwall.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. Sir George Lyttleton, Bart.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- Title:
- Miscellanies in Prose and Verse [T39452] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.163-164
- Poem Title:
- On Captain James Cornwall.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. Sir George Lyttleton, Bart.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- pp.181-182
- Poem Title:
- On Captain James Cornwall.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Honourable Sir George Lyttleton, Bt.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
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