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What pity Mira that on rural plains

DMI number:
26895
First Line:
What pity Mira that on rural plains
Last Line:
The boasted fragrance of the garden rose
Poem Genre / Form:
Sonnet and Elegy
Themes:
Death, Poetry / literature / writing, and Rural life
Related People
Author:
John Duncombe
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
J. D. is possibly John Duncombe, who wrote at least one other elegy on Leapor.
Content/Publication
Title:
The poetical magazine or the muses monthly companion [P6525] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.259-260
Poem Title:
Sonnet. To The Memory Of Mrs. Leapor.
Attribution:
By The Same [i.e. J. D.]
Attributed To:
Not attributed