Whenever the fates resume thy breath
- DMI number:
- 27604
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Whenever the fates resume thy breath
- Last Line:
- Shall flourish in eternity of fame
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Fragment and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
- Themes:
- Beauty, Death, and Fame
- Author:
- Francis Fawkes
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XX: 376.
- Translated from:
- Sappho
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [T85626]
- Page No(s):
- pp.189-190
- Poem Title:
- Fragments of Sappho...Fragment II. This seems to have been addressed to an arrogant unlettered Lady, vain of her Beauty and Riches.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman of Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [N25547]
- Page No(s):
- pp.189-190
- Poem Title:
- Fragments of Sappho...Fragment II.
- Attribution:
- Francis Fawkes (title-page).
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
- Title:
- The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [T85627] [2nd ed]
- Page No(s):
- pp.189-190
- Poem Title:
- Fragments of Sappho...Fragment II.
- Attribution:
- Francis Fawkes (title-page).
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
Poem Aliases
Sappho. Fragment 2.
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