Using An Old Poem For TV Spot

Scott F

Scott F

Pug Life
My question is on use of a short poem from the 19th century in a TV spot i'm currently working on. It will just run locally for the fall season.

Is something like this eminent domain? It's fairly obscure, I can't even find a full bio on the author, only that she lived in the 1800's. Hell, at this point it's just a spec spot, but if the client liked it, i would love to use it.

thanks,
Scott
 
The term is "public domain" not 'eminent.' In what country was the poem first published? If the poet was American, in general in the US copyright on works created before 1923 has expired.
 
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