Too long the wise commons have been in debate

DMI number:

39601

First Line:

Too long the wise commons have been in debate

Last Line:

And our --- be burnt up by our hearts taking fire

Poem Genre / Form:

Topical satire and Couplet

Themes:

Women / the female character

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Author:

John Wilmot

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Vieth (1968): 46-47.

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Content/Publication

Title:

The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]

Page No(s):

p.70

Poem Title:

On the Women about Town.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot