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‘Pour thy tears wild and free’

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Poem details

‘Pour thy tears wild and free’

METADATA

Metadata

‘Pour thy tears wild and free’

Poet(s)

B. (poet; Blackwood’s)
Pseudonym:
B.

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1:2, 170, May 1817.

First line

Pour thy tears wild and free

Authorship

Pseudonymous

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Notes and attribution research

Included in the general title Original Poetry (169-71). Poem is signed June, 1815. B. (KAF)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 7966

XML

Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “‘Pour thy tears wild and free’,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.10beta , University of Victoria, 30th April 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1817/pom_7966_pour_thy_tears_wild_and_free.html.

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