So would descending angels charm the sight
- DMI number:
- 7010
- First Line:
- So would descending angels charm the sight
- Last Line:
- It cuts description short and gives of heaven a taste
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lyric and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Beauty, Virtue / vice, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Mr. Brockhurst
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- 'By Mr Brockhurst' - undated MS annotation in Bodleian Library copy of miscellany ID 220 (Harding C 16).
- First Line:
- Why with such freedom should the town accuse
- Last Line:
- But when my muse takes breath I'll soar and sing of you
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poetical Miscellanies: the sixth part [T142876]
- Page No(s):
- pp.510-512
- Poem Title:
- Of a Lady at the Opera; Drest in White.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.160-161
- Poem Title:
- Of a Lady at the Opera; drest in White.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [T175048]
- Page No(s):
- pp.227-228
- Poem Title:
- Of a Lady at the Opera; drest in White
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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