Original poems, translations & imitations / by the hon[oura]ble Henry Erskine.

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Original poems, translations & imitations / by the hon[oura]ble Henry Erskine.

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Contains elegies, eclogues, odes, songs, imitations of Horace, and fables and epigrams in verse. Includes Erskine's best-known poem, "The nettle and the sensitive plant," here called "The sensitive plant & the nettle, a fable."

1 v. (177 p.) ; 18 cm.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817

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Known for his wit and eloquence, Henry Erskine was a lord advocate and member of Parliament. In 1772 he married Christian Fullerton, to whom this volume was given. From the description of Original poems, translations & imitations / by the hon[oura]ble Henry Erskine. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37988623 Epithet: of Add MS 37889 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0001...