Begin Sicilian muse the mournful lay
- DMI number:
- 27664
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Begin Sicilian muse the mournful lay
- Last Line:
- Beat their fair breasts and weep around his tomb
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- Francis Fawkes
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Idyllium 3. Chalmers (1810) XX: 393-395.
- First Line:
- Ye woods with grief your waving summits bow
- Last Line:
- For thee my pipe should charm the rigid king of hell
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [T85626]
- Page No(s):
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- The Idylliums of Bion. Translated from the Greek...Moschus on the Death of Bion.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman of Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Museaeus [N25547]
- Page No(s):
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- The Idylliums of Bion. Translated from the Greek...Moschus on the Death of Bion.
- 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):
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- The Idylliums of Bion. Translated from the Greek...Moschus on the Death of Bion.
- Attribution:
- Francis Fawkes (title-page).
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
Poem Aliases
Moschus. Idyllium 3.
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