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
- 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:
- 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
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