In beauty or wit

DMI number:

15395

First Line:

In beauty or wit

Last Line:

Who have tasted and robbed the whole tree

Poem Genre / Form:

Address and Sestet aabccb

Themes:

Education and Women / the female character

Related People

Author:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

Twickenham edition VI: 423: 'doubtful authorship'.

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In beauty or wit

Last Line:

Who tasting have robbed the whole tree

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First Line:

Then bravely fair dame

Last Line:

Who have tasted and robbed the whole tree

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Extract Of/Extracted In

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Content/Publication

Title:

A present for a young lady [N20932] [reissue of T100697]

Page No(s):

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

To a Learned Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

Miscellaneous poems, by several hands: Particularly The D--- of W---n, Sir Samuel Garth, Dean S-, Mr. John Hughes, Mr. Thomson, Mrs. C-r. Publish’d by Mr. Ralph. [ESTC T100697]

Page No(s):

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

To a Learned Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed