When erst contagion with mephitic breath
- DMI number:
- 36975
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- When erst contagion with mephitic breath
- Last Line:
- And murmuring demons hate him and admire
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Charity, Illness, injury, and Medicine
- Author:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from 'The Botanic Garden', Part 2 Canto 2. (1791, ESTC T82160): 88-90.
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [N37015] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.324-326
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXXII. Philanthropy.
- Attribution:
- Darwin.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105849] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.324-326
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXXII. Philanthropy.
- Attribution:
- Darwin.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105859] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.324-326
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXXII. Philanthropy.
- Attribution:
- Darwin.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105923] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.294-295
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXXII. Philanthropy.
- Attribution:
- Darwin.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T199915] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.324-326
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXXII. Philanthropy.
- Attribution:
- Darwin.
- Attributed To:
- Erasmus Darwin
Poem Aliases
The Botanic Garden. Part 2. Canto 2.
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