Love is but a straggling from our reason

DMI number:

16221

Poem Aliases

Shirley. Witty Fair One.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Love is but a straggling from our reason

Last Line:

-

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Love

Related People

Author:

James Shirley

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Shirley (1633): B2v (extract from 'The Wittie Faire One').

Content/Publication

Title:

The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.182

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shirley's Witty Fair One

Attributed To:

James Shirley