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Called by my grief Melpomene I come

DMI number:
5684
First Line:
Called by my grief Melpomene I come
Last Line:
Cure me by death from deathless sad despair
Poem Genre / Form:
Elegy and Couplet
Themes:
Death and Poetry / literature / writing
Related People
Author:
Susanna Centlivre
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
ODNB entry: 'Susanna's first writings were published in 1700, when she contributed a verse, as Polumnia, to a tribute volume on Dryden's death, The Nine Muses'.
Content/Publication
Title:
The nine muses or poems written by nine several ladies upon the death of Dryden [R21869]
Page No(s):
p.19
Poem Title:
Polimnia: Of Rhetorick. On the Death of John Dryden Esq;
Attribution:
By Mrs. D. E.
Attributed To:
Not attributed