It so befell a silly swain
- DMI number:
- 17583
- First Line:
- It so befell a silly swain
- Last Line:
- If dost pray be so good to speak
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Rural life and Sex and bawdy humour
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 809. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 809. McKenzie II: 437.
- First Line:
- It so befell a silly swain
- Last Line:
- If dost pray be so kind to speak
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- It so befel a silly a swain
- Last Line:
- If dost pray be so kind to speak
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A choice collection of poetry by the most ingenious men of the age [vol 1] [T124643] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- The Peasant in Search of his Heifer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
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