To close the pomp Aethon the steed of state
- DMI number:
- 12899
- First Line:
- To close the pomp Aethon the steed of state
- Last Line:
- He walks and the big tears run rolling down his face
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Animals and Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's Aeneid Book XI. Calif. VI (1987): 724-5.
- Translated from:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of select pieces from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Dryden and Pope, for schools [T128606] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.278
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T128313]
- Page No(s):
- p.294
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T167216] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.294
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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