Dark is the path poor mortals tread
- DMI number:
- 7297
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Dark is the path poor mortals tread
- Last Line:
- Than tried a fatal cure much worse than our disease
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sestet ababcc and Song
- Themes:
- Ancient history and Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- John Sheffield
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of Chorus III ('Dark is the maze poor mortals tread'). Chalmers (1810) X: 102.
- First Line:
- Dark is the maze poor mortals tread
- Last Line:
- Than a cure worse than our disease
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5777]
- Page No(s):
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5778]
- Page No(s):
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the Third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5779] [vol I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.185-186
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5780] [vol I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.192-193
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition [Vol. 1] [T5782]
- Page No(s):
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition. [Vol. I] [ECCO] [T5781]
- Page No(s):
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Sixth Edition [vol. 1] [N1461] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.214-215
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
Poem Aliases
Buckingham. Marcus Brutus.
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