How sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest
| First Line | How sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest |
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| Author | William Collins |
| Date | 1747 |
| Description | Ode [Death, afterlife]. Transcribed from Collins, William. "Ode Written in the beginning of the Year 1746." Odes on several descriptive and allegorical subjects, 1747, p. 19. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0115231278. |
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Transcription
How sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest,
By all their Country's Wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy Fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallow'd Mold,
She there shall dress a sweeter Sod,
Than Fancy's Feet have ever trod.
By Fairy Hands their Knell is rung,
By Forms unseen their Dirge is sung;
There Honour comes, a Pilgrim grey,
To bless the Turf that wraps their Clay,
And Freedom shall a-while repair,
To dwell a weeping Hermit there!
Beinecke Osborn c139–142
| Title | I, II: "A Collection of Poems. Thomas Binns [...] |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
c141; pp. 303–304
Local title: Ode on Westminster Abbey
Attributed author: Collins
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: "Here sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest..."
Other: n/a
Bodleian MS Mont. e. 14
| Title | Poetry Selected and Orginal, 1788 & 1789 |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
ff. 43v–59
Local title: Epitaph/ Written in the year 1745.
Attributed author: Mr. Collins.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: Incorrect dating. Poem in his collection said to have been written in 1746.
Folger MS M.a.160
| Title | A Collection of Poems from Various Authours. JB |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 295
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: Collins
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.b.21
| Title | Miscellany of prose and poetry of Mary Gay, [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 107
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: Collins
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 549
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
vol. 2, pp. 261
Local title: Ode
Attributed author: unattributed.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a