That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine

DMI number:

6326

Poem Aliases

Martial. Book 2 Epigram 89.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine

Last Line:

But that thou art whipped is thy peculiar shame

Poem Genre / Form:

Octet ababcdcd, Epigram, and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Manners and Sex and bawdy humour

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Author:

Sir Charles Sedley

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Pinto (1928) I: 56.

Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]

Page No(s):

CLXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]

Page No(s):

CLXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

The poetical works of the honourable Sir Charles Sedley Bar...with a new miscelany of poems by several of the most eminent hands [T132211]

Page No(s):

p.83

Poem Title:

To Gaurus. Lib 2. Ep. 89.

Attribution:

Collected under Sedley's name.

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley

Title:

The poetical works of the honourable Sir Charles Sedley Baronet...with a new miscellany of poems by several of the most eminent hands [T72752]

Page No(s):

p.83

Poem Title:

To Gaurus. Lib. 2. Ep. 89.

Attribution:

Collected under Sedley's name.

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley