A stag within a yard confined
- DMI number:
- 1767
- First Line:
- A stag within a yard confined
- Last Line:
- But custom conquers fear and shame
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Possibly a much altered version of The tame stag. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 318-319.
- Title:
- Fables and other short poems [II]
- Page No(s):
- f. 10r
- Poem Title:
- The tame Stag
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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