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When love would strike the offending fair

DMI number:
8243
Poem Aliases
Pope. Imitations of Waller. Of her sighing.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
When love would strike the offending fair
Last Line:
The Arabian coast and waft us on our way
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet
Themes:
Women / the female character
Related People
Author:
Alexander Pope
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Twickenham edition VI: 11.
Content/Publication
Title:
Poems on several occasions: by His Grace the Duke of Buckingham... And other eminent Hands. [T42637]
Page No(s):
pp.86-87
Poem Title:
Of her Sighing.
Attribution:
Verses in imitation of Waller. By a Youth of thirteen
Attributed To:
Not attributed