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However tis well that whilst mankind

DMI number:
3880
First Line:
However tis well that whilst mankind
Last Line:
I Phillis but a perjured whore
Poem Genre / Form:
Philosophic poetry, Quatrain abab, and Epistle
Themes:
Manners and Imagination
Related People
Author:
Matthew Prior
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Wright and Spears (1971) I: 108-9.
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Title:
A new miscellany of original poems [T96800]
Page No(s):
pp.295-298
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Heraclitus
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By Mr. Prior
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior
Title:
Examen Poeticum being the third part of miscellany poems [N6500]
Page No(s):
pp.254-257
Poem Title:
In a Letter To the Honourable Mr. Charles Montague.
Attribution:
By Mr. Prior
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior
Title:
Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R122]
Page No(s):
pp.431-433
Poem Title:
In a Letter to the Honourable Mr. Charles Montague.
Attribution:
By Mr. Prior.
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior
Title:
Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R228541]
Page No(s):
pp.431-433
Poem Title:
In a Letter to the Honourable Mr. Charles Montague.
Attribution:
By Mr. Prior.
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior