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In vain I have laboured the victor to prove

DMI number:
43685
First Line:
In vain I have laboured the victor to prove
Last Line:
And now vanquished and shamed I've quitted my post
Poem Genre / Form:
Quintain / quintet aabbb
Themes:
Poetry / literature / writing, Sex / relations between the sexes, and Women / the female character
Content/Publication
Title:
Poems upon several occasions with a voyage to the island of love [ESTC R30218]
Page No(s):
pp. 61-2
Poem Title:
The Sence of a Letter sent me, made into Verse; To a New Tune.
Attribution:
Collected under Behn's name.
Attributed To:
Aphra Behn