And yet believe me good as well as ill
- DMI number:
- 22421
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- And yet believe me good as well as ill
- Last Line:
- To you gave sense good humour and a poet
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Women / the female character
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Moral Essays: Epistle II, To a Lady. Twickenham edition III ii.
- First Line:
- But I must write or burst my gall overflows
- Last Line:
- Who whispers smut to thy consenting ear
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Yet spare the dead and at the utmost dare
- Last Line:
- And grudged not any for they helped to praise
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle 2. To a Lady.
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