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‘Sweet nursling of Aurora’s tears’

POEM DETAILS

Poem details

‘Sweet nursling of Aurora’s tears’

METADATA

Metadata

‘Sweet nursling of Aurora’s tears’

Poet(s)

Bernard, Pierre-Joseph

Credits

Translator

Wrangham, Francis

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 10:58, 552, December 1821.

First line

Sweet nursling of Aurora’s tears

Original language

French

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Notes and attribution research

Poem included in Horæ Cantabrigienses. No. VII by X. (552-53), and signed Bernard (KAF). Translator attribution: Strout 88 (AC).

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 9508

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Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “‘Sweet nursling of Aurora’s tears’,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.11beta , University of Victoria, 7th May 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1821/pom_9508_sweet_nursling_of_auroras.html.

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