Let some great joys pretend to find
- DMI number:
- 42535
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Let some great joys pretend to find
- Last Line:
- But one continued joy go round | Since life's &c
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Octet aabbccdd and Song with refrain
- Themes:
- Carpe diem, Entertainments / pastimes, and Joyfulness / happiness
- Author:
- Thomas Shadwell
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Song from Act 2 Scene 1 of The Woman-Captain. Shadwell (1720) III: 363-64.
- Title:
- Wit and drollery. Jovial poems. Corrected and amended, with new additions [ESTC R12497]
- Page No(s):
- pp.314-315
- Poem Title:
- True Pleasures.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Shadwell. Woman Captain. Act 2.
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