Though lovers oft extol your beauty's power
- DMI number:
- 23105
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Though lovers oft extol your beauty's power
- Last Line:
- Alike thy lovers and thy glass deceive
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Beauty and Love
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Fan (Book III). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 58-79.
- First Line:
- I sing that graceful toy whose waving play
- Last Line:
- And Hymen's torch diffused the brightest flame
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The winter evenings companion [T128599] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.89
- Poem Title:
- Again.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The winter evenings companion [T176192] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- Again.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. The Fan.
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