Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- DMI number:
- 2240
- First Line:
- Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- Last Line:
- And once both stink and shine
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quintain / quintet abaab
- Themes:
- Women / the female character
- Author:
- Charles Sackville
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) VIII: 343. Harris (1979): 45-6.
- First Line:
- Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- Last Line:
- At once both stink and sing
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of miscellany poems, letters &c. [ESTC R15161]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 97-8
- Poem Title:
- To an old affected Court Lady.
- Attribution:
- 'By a person of Honour.'
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinhamshire [Vol II] [T94654]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Seeond [sic]: Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [N70161]
- Page No(s):
- p.209
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of D----r Mistress to King J--- II. 1680.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of D-----
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]
- Page No(s):
- p.134
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second: Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol II] [T94653]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second: Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol II] [T95240]
- Page No(s):
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
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