A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
- DMI number:
- 23673
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
- Last Line:
- And the nymph may be chaste who has never been tried
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain aabb and Song
- Themes:
- Mythology and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Love for Love Act 3 Scene 3, McKenzie I: 311; McKenzie II: 457.
- First Line:
- A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
- Last Line:
- And the nymph may be chaste that has never been tried
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.109
- Poem Title:
- Song 161.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve, in Love for Love.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.109
- Poem Title:
- Song 161.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve, in Love for Love.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
Poem Aliases
Congreve. Love for Love.
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