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Simplicity thou lovely fair

DMI number:
32761
First Line:
Simplicity thou lovely fair
Last Line:
I'll dedicate myself to thee
Poem Genre / Form:
Sesta rima / ababcc, Pastoral, and Ode
Themes:
Nature, Retirement, and The happy man / contentment
Related People
Author:
John Tait
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Spencer and the Tradition: English Poetry 1679-1830: poem first appeared in Weekly Magazine or Edinburgh Amusement 19 (18 March 1773), p. 369 [http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/TextRecord.php?action=GET&textsid=37671].
Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [2nd ed] [vol 3] [T101913] [HATHI]
Page No(s):
pp.271-273
Poem Title:
Ode to Simplicity.
Attribution:
By the same [i.e J. T-----.]
Attributed To:
John Tait
Title:
Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [vol 3] [T101912] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.271-273
Poem Title:
Ode to Simplicity.
Attribution:
By the same [i.e J. T-----.]
Attributed To:
John Tait