In days of old when Arthur filled the throne
- DMI number:
- 18364
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- In days of old when Arthur filled the throne
- Last Line:
- Who will not well be governed by their wives
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage and Women / the female character
- Translated from:
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. VII (2000): 451-83.
- First Line:
- In days of old when Arthur filled the throne
- Last Line:
- He bids his beads both evensong and morn
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Want is a bitter and a hateful good
- Last Line:
- Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Want is a bitter but a wholesome good
- Last Line:
- And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd [Vol. II] [ESTC T75505]
- Page No(s):
- pp.140-158
- Poem Title:
- The Desire of Woman: or, The Wife of Bath's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd by several hands [Vol III] [ESTC T75503]
- Page No(s):
- pp.76-104
- Poem Title:
- The Desire of Women, or, The Wife of Bath's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Chaucer. Canterbury Tales. Wife of Bath's Tale
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