I prithee send me back my heart
- DMI number:
- 23616
- First Line:
- I prithee send me back my heart
- Last Line:
- As much as she has mine
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Song
- Themes:
- Love
- Author:
- Alice Spencer [married names Stanley; Egerton]
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Clayton (1971): lxxxix: records 'ambiguous manuscript attribution to Lady Alice Egerton'.
- Author:
- Henry Hughes
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Clayton (1971): 89-90: 'probably by Dr. Henry Hughes'.
- Author:
- Sir John Suckling
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Clayton (1971): 89-90: categorised as 'dubia'.
- First Line:
- Prithee send me back my heart
- Last Line:
- Would steal it back again
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- Song 49.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- Song 49.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
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