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Tell me Dorinda why so gay

DMI number:
7685
First Line:
Tell me Dorinda why so gay
Last Line:
As once both stink and shine
Poem Genre / Form:
Lampoon and Quintain / quintet abaab
Themes:
Sex / relations between the sexes and Women / the female character
Related People
Author:
Charles Sackville
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Chalmers (1810) VIII: 343. Harris (1979): 45-6.
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First Line:
Tell me Dorinda why so gay
Last Line:
At once both stink and sing
Relationship:
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Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset: the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol II] [T119718]
Page No(s):
pp.27-28
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