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The Scytheman

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The Scytheman

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The Scytheman

Poet(s)

Sterling, John
Pseudonym:
Archæus

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 43:271, 692, May 1838.

First line

A man who bore a scythe, by chance or aim

Authorship

Pseudonymous

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

Document status

Generated: The file was automatically generated from metadata in the project metadata database.

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Notes and attribution research

Poet attribution: Archæus is the pseudonym for John Sterling. Poem included under the general title Thoughts in Rhyme, from the unsigned Our Two Vases (677-706) by John Wilson (Wellesley Index). (SP, AC)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 14711

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Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “The Scytheman,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.9beta, University of Victoria, 18th March 2024, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1838/pom_14711_the_scytheman.html.

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