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So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

DMI number:
8408
First Line:
So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song
Last Line:
That the beasts must have starved and the poet have died
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Couplet
Themes:
Beauty, Music, and Virtue / vice
Related People
Author:
Alexander Pope
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Twickenham edition VI: 413: 'doubtful authorship'.
Dedicatee:
Catherine Tofts
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Author:
Jonathan Swift
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Swift Poems Project, Y54B (Rejected)
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First Line:
So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song
Last Line:
That the beasts must have starved and the prophet have died
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Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
Page No(s):
CLXII.
Poem Title:
On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.
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Not attributed
Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
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CLXVII.
Poem Title:
On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
Page No(s):
pp.14-15
Poem Title:
XLVII. To a Lady.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
A Supplement to Dr. Swift's and Mr. Pope's Works [ECCO] [T48930]
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p.338
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T-----s.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Epigrams fresh gather'd from the conversation of the polite [N18487] [ECCO]
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p.11
Poem Title:
On a beautiful Woman with a fine Voice, who was very covetous and proud.
Attribution:
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Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T173801]
Page No(s):
p.247
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T--s.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T202847]
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p.234
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T--s.
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Not attributed
Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T39475]
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pp.208-209
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T--s.
Attribution:
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Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [T172697] [ECCO]
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p.174
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T---s.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [T204336] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.304
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T---s.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [T39473] [ECCO]
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p.174
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T---s.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
Miscellanies. The last volume [T39474]
Page No(s):
p.247
Poem Title:
On Mrs. T--s.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition [Vol. 1] [T5782]
Page No(s):
p.232
Poem Title:
On a handsom Singer, covetous and proud
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition. [Vol. I] [ECCO] [T5781]
Page No(s):
p.232
Poem Title:
On a handsom Singer, covetous and proud.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
Title:
Poetical Miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations [N37755]
Page No(s):
p.27
Poem Title:
On a Handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very Covetous and Proud.
Attribution:
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Title:
Poetical Miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations [T133656]
Page No(s):
p.104
Poem Title:
On a Handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very Covetous and Proud.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
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Title:
Poetical Miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations [T75180]
Page No(s):
p.104
Poem Title:
On a Handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very Covetous and Proud.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Poetical Miscellanies, consisting of original poems and translations [T75179]
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p.83
Poem Title:
On a Handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very Covetous and Proud.
Attribution:
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Title:
The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]
Page No(s):
p.144
Poem Title:
XCI. On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.
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Title:
The flowers of Parnassus: or, the Lady's Miscellany for the year M. DCC. XXXV [T124918]
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p.180
Poem Title:
On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.
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Title:
The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.144
Poem Title:
XCI. On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.
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Attributed To:
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Title:
The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
Page No(s):
p.50
Poem Title:
LXVIII.
Attribution:
By Swift.
Attributed To:
Jonathan Swift
Title:
The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
Page No(s):
p.46
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
By Swift.
Attributed To:
Jonathan Swift
Title:
The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.46
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
By Swift.
Attributed To:
Jonathan Swift
Title:
A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 4] [T93622] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.299
Poem Title:
Epigram On Mrs. Tofts, A Handsome Woman With a Fine Voice, But Very Covetous And Proud.
Attribution:
By Mr. Pope; Not Printed In His Works.
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope