However tis well that while mankind
- DMI number:
- 9763
- First Line:
- However tis well that while mankind
- Last Line:
- I Phillis but a perjured whore
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears (1971) I: 108-9.
- First Line:
- However tis well that whilst mankind
- Last Line:
- I Phillis but a perjured whore
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Seeing aright we see our woes
- Last Line:
- The only wretched are the wise
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The hoary fool who many days
- Last Line:
- Tomorrow till tonight he dies
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T118389]
- Page No(s):
- pp.58-60
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Charles Montague, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T124513]
- Page No(s):
- pp.58-60
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Charles Montague, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T124652]
- Page No(s):
- pp.58-60
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Charles Montague, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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