Sphinx was a monster that would eat
- DMI number:
- 15519
- First Line:
- Sphinx was a monster that would eat
- Last Line:
- And runs away at last on four
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Riddle and Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology[Oedipus] and Politics[Robert Walpole]
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 393-4: included in Examiner essay written by Prior.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works of his late excellency Matthew Prior [ECCO] [T75653]
- Page No(s):
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- Two Riddles, 1710.
- Attribution:
- Matthew Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75638] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Two Riddles, 1710.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75645]
- Page No(s):
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Two Riddles, 1710.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Two Riddles, 1710.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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