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Arachne once ill fated maid

DMI number:
24815
First Line:
Arachne once ill fated maid
Last Line:
Who rival both her art and wit
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Quatrain abab
Themes:
Art / painting[Embroidery]
Related People
Author:
David Garrick
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Variant of Upon a Lady's Embroidery ('Arachne once as poets tell'). Poetical Works (1785) II: 502.
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First Line:
Arachne once as poets tell
Last Line:
Who rival both her art and wit
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
Page No(s):
p.61
Poem Title:
CCXII. To a young Lady embroidering.
Attribution:
David Garrick.
Attributed To:
David Garrick