This bull my boy is sure some Jove
- DMI number:
- 39249
- First Line:
- This bull my boy is sure some Jove
- Last Line:
- But he and only he for love
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Anacreontic, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Animals[bull.] and Mythology[Zeus and Europa.]
- Translated from:
- Anacreon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Francis Willis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Michael Hilton, 'The Anacreontea in England to 1683', 2 vols (unpublished doctoral thesis, 1980) II: 43.
- First Line:
- This bull my boy sure is some Jove
- Last Line:
- But he nor he were it not for love
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Anacreon and Sappho [T85628] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.36
- Poem Title:
- XXXII. Upon Europa.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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