If by the rules of nature we proceed
- DMI number:
- 7914
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- If by the rules of nature we proceed
- Last Line:
- Who from high Jove himself derived his claim
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Nature[Plants]
- Translated from:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract ('Sun-Flower') from 'Of Plants. Book IV.' Third part of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley, being his six books of plants (1689, ESTC R21164): 99-100. ODNB entry: 'Tate pursued his interest in translation with [...] a rendering of books 4 and 5 of Abraham Cowley's Six Books of Plants (1689)'.
- Title:
- The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [Parts II and III] [ESTC R21164]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 99-100
- Poem Title:
- Sun-Flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- Title:
- The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Now made English by several hands (Vol. II). [EEBO] [R2177]
- Page No(s):
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- Sun-Flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [T133360]
- Page No(s):
- pp.395-396
- Poem Title:
- Sun-flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133363]
- Page No(s):
- pp.378-379
- Poem Title:
- Sun-flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133364]
- Page No(s):
- pp.395-396
- Poem Title:
- Sun-Flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
Poem Aliases
Books of Plants. IV.
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