At day's early dawn a gay butterfly spied
- DMI number:
- 37049
- First Line:
- At day's early dawn a gay butterfly spied
- Last Line:
- That every coquet should be cursed with a rake
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Translated from:
- Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- John Cunningham
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XIV: 447-448.
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.265-266
- Poem Title:
- LXXIX. The Rose and Butterfly.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.260-261
- Poem Title:
- LXXVII. The Rose and Butterfly.
- Attribution:
- C. [i.e. J. Cunningham]
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [N10300] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.180-181
- Poem Title:
- The Rose and the Butterfly. A Fable, initated from La Motte.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [T124632] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.180-181
- Poem Title:
- The Rose and the Butterfly. A Fable, imitated from La Motte.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
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