Why with such freedom should the town accuse
- DMI number:
- 7011
- First Line:
- Why with such freedom should the town accuse
- Last Line:
- But when my muse takes breath I'll soar and sing of you
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Panegyric and Couplet
- Themes:
- Beauty, High society / the court, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Mr. Brockhurst
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- 'By the same Hand', i.e. Mr. Brockhurst - undated MS annotation in Bodleian Library copy of miscellany ID 220 (Harding C 16).
- First Line:
- So would descending angels charm the sight
- Last Line:
- It cuts description short and gives of heaven a taste
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 5] [T93622] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.282-297
- Poem Title:
- The Celebrated Beauties: Occasioned By The Author's Being Suspected Of Writing "The British Court."
- Attribution:
- Anonymous; From Dryden's Collection.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poetical Miscellanies: the sixth part [T142876]
- Page No(s):
- pp.513-535
- Poem Title:
- The Celebrated Beauties. A Poem, Occasioned upon being suspected of writing The British Court.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-170
- Poem Title:
- The Celebrated Beauties. A Poem, occasioned upon being suspected of writing The British Court.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [T175048]
- Page No(s):
- pp.228-238
- Poem Title:
- The Celebrated Beauties. A Poem, occasioned upon being suspected of writing The British Court.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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