Oh fie upon this needless scorn
- DMI number:
- 42290
- First Line:
- Oh fie upon this needless scorn
- Last Line:
- Years will be minutes ages hours
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Octet ababcdcd and Song
- Themes:
- Carpe diem, Love, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Aphra Behn
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant text of 'The Counsel. A Song' ('A pox upon this needless scorn'). Todd (1992) I: 79.
- First Line:
- A pox upon this needless scorn
- Last Line:
- Years will be minutes ages hours
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- A pox upon this needless scorn
- Last Line:
- Years would be minutes ages hours
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Female poems on several occasions [ESTC R24055]
- Page No(s):
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- To Scornful Sylvia.
- Attribution:
- Written by Ephelia.
- Attributed To:
- Ephelia
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