The first and fairest of his loves was she
- DMI number:
- 11205
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The first and fairest of his loves was she
- Last Line:
- And shook the shady honours of her head
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes and Mythology[Greek; Daphne; Apollo/Phoebus]
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. IV (1974): 394-8.
- Translated from:
- Ovid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R122]
- Page No(s):
- pp.39-49
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R228541]
- Page No(s):
- pp.39-49
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [N41874] [vol.1] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.19-24
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T108889]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-26
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T128848, Vol 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-29
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T138611]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-26
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T169738, Vol.1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-29
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Laurel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T175634] [vol.1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-29
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Laurel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T99153] [Vol.1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-27
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T99262] [Vol. 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-29
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. John Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Book 1.
Dryden's Metamorphoses. Book 1.
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