With glittering beams and native glory bright

DMI number:

30943

First Line:

With glittering beams and native glory bright

Last Line:

On life or death a prison or a crown

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Imitation (in the style of...)

Themes:

Patriotism / glory of the British nation and Virtue / vice

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Author:

Matthew Prior

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

Possibly an extract w. variants from An Ode in Imitation of the Second ode of the Third Book of Horace ('How long enchanted Albion wilt thou lie'). Wright and Spears I: 112-122.

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Tis vice alone disturbs the human breast

Last Line:

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.127

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed