To Lady Holland on the Snuff-Box Bequeathed to Her by Buonaparte

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To Lady Holland on the Snuff-Box Bequeathed to Her by Buonaparte

Poet(s)

Wrangham, Francis

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Translator

Wrangham, Francis

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 15:84, 43–44, January 1824.

First line

Lady, reject the gift! ’tis tinged with gore!

Original language

Latin

Document status

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Notes and attribution research

Included in “Horæ Cantabrigienses. No. VIII” (42-45). Poem dated “Nov. 7, 1821” (KF2). Poet attribution of Latin poem, “Hendacasyllabi,” from Curran Index.

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 10103

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To Lady Holland on the Snuff-Box Bequeathed to Her by Buonaparte