His lamp his bow and quiver laid aside
- DMI number:
- 16861
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- His lamp his bow and quiver laid aside
- Last Line:
- What once Europa was Nannette is now
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology[Cupid - Europa - Jove] and Rural life[Ploughman]
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 680.
- Translated from:
- Moschus
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75638] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- Cupid turned Ploughman. From Moschus
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75645]
- Page No(s):
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- Cupid turned Plowman. From Moschus.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- Cupid turned Plowman. From Moschus.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works of his late excellency Matthew Prior [ECCO] [T75653]
- Page No(s):
- pp.60-61
- Poem Title:
- Cupid turned Plowman. From the Greek of Moschus.
- Attribution:
- Matthew Prior
- Attributed To:
- Gilles Menage
Poem Aliases
Moschus. On Love Ploughing.
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