Why dost thou shade thy lovely face O why
- DMI number:
- 2196
- First Line:
- Why dost thou shade thy lovely face O why
- Last Line:
- Stretched out no farther than from me to thee
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Triplet
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 236: Noted but omitted.
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon... The Third Edition (1709) [N36008]
- Page No(s):
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94654]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-96
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol I] [T130333]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-96
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset [vol. I] [BL]
- Page No(s):
- pp.119-121
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]
- Page No(s):
- pp.71-73
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94653]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-96
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T146730]
- Page No(s):
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T95240]
- Page No(s):
- pp.150-152
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25977]
- Page No(s):
- pp.95-97
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [T94657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.95-97
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol I] [T95241]
- Page No(s):
- pp.95-97
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, &c. [Vol I] [T152378 ]
- Page No(s):
- pp.95-97
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol I] [T95242]
- Page No(s):
- pp.129-130
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [N35509]
- Page No(s):
- pp.119-121
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset: the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T119718]
- Page No(s):
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N35511]
- Page No(s):
- pp.116-118
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester [T94656]
- Page No(s):
- pp.128-130
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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