I would not

DMI number:

14057

Poem Aliases

Shirley. Lady of Pleasure.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

I would not

Last Line:

Be kept for spoon meat

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Rural life

Related People

Author:

James Shirley

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Shirley (1637): B1r (extract from 'The Lady of Pleasure').

Content/Publication

Title:

The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

pp.154-155

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shirley's Lady of Pleasure

Attributed To:

James Shirley