What whispers must the beauty bear
- DMI number:
- 24904
- First Line:
- What whispers must the beauty bear
- Last Line:
- That wasps have stings and felt the wound
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Beauty
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 311-312.
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.121-122
- Poem Title:
- IX. The Lady and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.121-122
- Poem Title:
- IX. The Lady and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The Edinburgh Entertainer [T128711]
- Page No(s):
- pp.279-280
- Poem Title:
- The Lady and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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