For never was it given to mortal man
- DMI number:
- 1359
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- For never was it given to mortal man
- Last Line:
- And call your maids to witness how he lies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Women / the female character
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Wife of Bath's Prologue. Twickenham edition II.
- Title:
- The Altar of Love [12 Theta 1321]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- [Collected under] Artifice of Women.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Altar of Love: [Harding C 105] [N16438]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- [Collected under] Artifice of Women.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The altar of love. Consisting of poems and other miscellanies [ESTC N16485]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- Artifice of Women
- Attribution:
- Popeana [i.e. Alexander Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Wife of Bath.
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