O love that stronger art than wine
- DMI number:
- 4529
- First Line:
- O love that stronger art than wine
- Last Line:
- And half the heaven of the blessed
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lyric and Couplet
- Themes:
- Love
- Author:
- Aphra Behn
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- From The Lucky Chance, Act III, lines 190-214. Todd (1996) VII: 249-50. Todd notes that 'The song is printed in John Playford's Theatre of Music 1687, p. 84, which identifies John Blow as the composer of the music and Mr. Ousley (Robert Wolselely) as the writer of the words.' (VII: 447).
- Title:
- Deliciae Poeticae; or Parnassus display'd in a choice collection of poems and songs [T93810]
- Page No(s):
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- A song
- Attribution:
- By Colonel Ousley
- Attributed To:
- Colonel Ousley
- Title:
- Mirth diverts all care [T119714]
- Page No(s):
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- A song
- Attribution:
- By Colonel Ousley
- Attributed To:
- Colonel Ousley
- Title:
- Mirth diverts all care [T182529]
- Page No(s):
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- A song
- Attribution:
- By Colonel Ousley
- Attributed To:
- Colonel Ousley
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