You ask me sir why thus by phantoms awed
- DMI number:
- 22452
- First Line:
- You ask me sir why thus by phantoms awed
- Last Line:
- And steal through life not useless though unknown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Epistle
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- William Whitehead
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Suarez (1997) VI: 401. Chalmers (1810) XVII: 199-201.
- First Line:
- A Grecian youth of talents rare
- Last Line:
- To govern men and guide the state
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields
- Last Line:
- Their own eternal rights and nature's injured reign
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Hermes the gamester of the sky
- Last Line:
- And bid her fill it full of verses
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- O Charles in absence hear a friend complain
- Last Line:
- For they are nature's heirs and all her works their own
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- On old Parnassus the other day
- Last Line:
- To court what you command applause
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Sly hypocrite was this your aim
- Last Line:
- And damn you for your want of wit
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Yes I'm in love I feel it now
- Last Line:
- Of Celia all together
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.2] [T124507]
- Page No(s):
- pp.233-243
- Poem Title:
- The Dangers of Writing Verse. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Whitehead of Clare-hall in Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 2 [T115888]
- Page No(s):
- pp.242-251
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse; An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Whitehead of Clare-hall in Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes, by several hands [Vol. 2] [T144532]
- Page No(s):
- pp.240-250
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle. First printed in the Year 1741.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T101653] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.288-300
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle. First printed in the Year 1741.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T115890] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.240-250
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.240-250
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle. First printed in the Year 1741.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esqr;
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T144724] [ECCO] [OCTAVO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.240-250
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle. First Printed in the Year 1741.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 2] [T116246] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.249-259
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.2] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.242-251
- Poem Title:
- The Dangers of Writing Verse. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Whitehead of Clare-hall in Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 2] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.242-251
- Poem Title:
- The Dangers of Writing Verse. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Whitehead of Clare-hall in Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- Title:
- A collection of poems in two volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [N27941] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.191-200
- Poem Title:
- The Danger of Writing Verse. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Whitehead of Clare-hall in Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
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