To find a name for me the gods took care
- DMI number:
- 8612
- First Line:
- To find a name for me the gods took care
- Last Line:
- Th'unsavoury place perfuming while she spoke
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Thing-poem and Couplet
- Themes:
- Nature[flower plant]
- Translated from:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract ('Moly') w. variants from 'Of Plants. Book IV.' Third part of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley, being his six books of plants (1689, ESTC R21164): 92-93. ODNB entry: 'Tate pursued his interest in translation with [...] a rendering of books 4 and 5 of Abraham Cowley's Six Books of Plants (1689)'.
- First Line:
- To find a name for me the gods took care
- Last Line:
- The unhallowed place perfuming while she spoke
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133363]
- Page No(s):
- pp.368-369
- Poem Title:
- Moly.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133364]
- Page No(s):
- pp.384-385
- Poem Title:
- Moly.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
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