Whilst I reflect thee over methinks I find
- DMI number:
- 17938
- First Line:
- Whilst I reflect thee over methinks I find
- Last Line:
- Bless the short sunshine which thy pity lent
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Address and Couplet
- Themes:
- Gratitude, Poetry / literature / writing[James Thomson, The Seasons], and Theatre
- Author:
- John Dennis
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- For discussion of authorship see Clarence Tracy, The Poetical Works of Richard Savage (Cambridge: CUP, 1962), p 182.
- Author:
- Richard Savage
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Suarez (1997) I: 202+ VI: 399. Variant. See Tracy (1962): 182.
- First Line:
- Reflecting on thy worth methinks I find
- Last Line:
- Bless the short sunshine which thy pity lent
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- While I reflect thee over methinks I find
- Last Line:
- Bless the short sunshine which thy pity lent
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [P6689] [volumes 1-6, 1743-1764]
- Page No(s):
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Thomson, Author of the Poem on the Four Seasons, on Occasion of the Part, which that Gentleman took in the Concert, and for promoting Mr. Dennis's Benefit Night, given him by the Players, when he was very Old, very Poor, and Short-liv'd.
- Attribution:
- Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [T64444] [different setting to T64445]
- Page No(s):
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Thomson, Author of the Poem on the Four Seasons, on Occasion of the Part, which that Gentleman took in the Concert, and for promoting Mr. Dennis's Benefit Night, given him by the Players, when he was very Old, very Poor, and Short-liv'd.
- Attribution:
- Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [T64446] [reprint of T64445]
- Page No(s):
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Thomson, Author of the Poem on the Four Seasons, on Occasion of the Part which that Gentleman took in the Concert, and for promoting Mr. Dennis's Benefit Night, given him by the Players, when he was very old, very poor, and short-liv'd.
- Attribution:
- Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit. [T64445] [different setting to T64444]
- Page No(s):
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Thomson, Author of the Poem on the Four Seasons, on Occasion of the Part, which that Gentleman took in the Concert, and for promoting Mr. Dennis's Benefit Night, given him by the Players, when he was very Old, very Poor, and Short-liv'd.
- Attribution:
- Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
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