Whoever thou art whom this fair statue charms
- DMI number:
- 8278
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Whoever thou art whom this fair statue charms
- Last Line:
- Whose shining scene with rich Hesperia vies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Religion[Pope Leo the Tenth] and Scandal / fame / notoriety[Cleopatra]
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 66-8.
- Translated from:
- Baldessare Castiglione
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over
- Last Line:
- Forgot of every friend and every slave
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
- Last Line:
- To him reveal my joys and open all my skies
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- O thou whose all creating hands sustain
- Last Line:
- Our utmost bound and our eternal stay
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions: by His Grace the Duke of Buckingham... And other eminent Hands. [T42637]
- Page No(s):
- pp.205-209
- Poem Title:
- On the Statue of Cleopatra, made into a Fountain by Leo the Tenth. Translated from the Latin of Count Castiglione. Cleopatra speaks.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Pope. On the statue of Cleopatra.
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