Why dost thou talk of dying so
- DMI number:
- 42093
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Why dost thou talk of dying so
- Last Line:
- For me an humble lambkin dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Ode, and Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]
- Themes:
- Astronomy / astrology, Death, Fate / fortune / providence, and Friendship
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Sir Richard Fanshawe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Ode XVII. To Maecenas Sick'. Fanshawe (1652): 25-26.
- Title:
- The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
- Page No(s):
- pp.78-79
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVII. ... To Maecenas sick. That he will not live after him.
- Attribution:
- By Sir R. F.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Fanshawe
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 2 Ode 17.
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