When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail
- DMI number:
- 11740
- First Line:
- When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail
- Last Line:
- Henceforth the parrot be the bird of love
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Animals[Parrot], Love, and Mythology
- Author:
- Sir Richard Steele
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- In Tatler 27.
- First Line:
- When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail
- Last Line:
- Henceforth parrot be the bird of love
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A Miscellaneous Collection of Poems, Songs and Epigrams. By several Hands (vol. 1) [T106190] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, on her Parrot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- XL. To a Lady on her Parrot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady on her Parrot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady on her Parrot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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