Twas dead of night when weary bodies close
- DMI number:
- 30925
- First Line:
- Twas dead of night when weary bodies close
- Last Line:
- The strugling soul was loosed and life dissolved in air
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Mythology[Dido]
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Book IV, Aeneid. Calif. V (1998): 476-84.
- Title:
- Poems for young ladies [N12188]
- Page No(s):
- pp.131-140
- Poem Title:
- The Death of Dido, from Virgil's Eneid, B.IV.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems for young ladies [reissue of T54977] [N12187]
- Page No(s):
- pp.139-148
- Poem Title:
- The Death of Dido, from Virgil's Eneid, B.IV.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems for young ladies [T173369]
- Page No(s):
- pp.130-140
- Poem Title:
- The Death of Dido, from Virgil's Eneid, B.IV.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems for young ladies [T54977]
- Page No(s):
- pp.139-148
- Poem Title:
- The Death of Dido, from Virgil's Eneid, B.IV.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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