While others boast their proud original
- DMI number:
- 7916
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- While others boast their proud original
- Last Line:
- And thus his title to the crown defends
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Nature[Plants]
- Translated from:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract ('Saffron') from 'Of Plants. Book IV.' Third part of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley, being his six books of plants (1689, ESTC R21164): 101-102. ODNB entry: 'Tate pursued his interest in translation with [...] a rendering of books 4 and 5 of Abraham Cowley's Six Books of Plants (1689)'.
- First Line:
- While others boast their high original
- Last Line:
- And thus his title to the crown defends
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [Parts II and III] [ESTC R21164]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 101-2
- Poem Title:
- Saffron.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- Title:
- The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Now made English by several hands (Vol. II). [EEBO] [R2177]
- Page No(s):
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- Saffron.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [T133360]
- Page No(s):
- pp.398-400
- Poem Title:
- Saffron.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
Poem Aliases
Books of Plants. IV.
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