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What art can prevail over this wonderful dame

DMI number:
18126
First Line:
What art can prevail over this wonderful dame
Last Line:
In water she burns and she freezes in flame
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Distich
Themes:
Women / the female character
Content/Publication
Title:
Cupid’s metamorphoses or, Love in all Shapes. Being The Second and last Volume of the Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College, Cambridge. [ESTC T11213]
Page No(s):
p.223
Poem Title:
Spoken Extempore to a Lady, upon seeing her Shadow in the Water.
Attribution:
Mr. William Pattison (title page)
Attributed To:
William Pattison