The wife, a poem. Express'd in a compleat wife. With an elegy on the untimely death of the author, poyson'd in the tower, &c. [T52492]
- DMI number:
- 213
- Publication Date:
- 1709
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T52492
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB3330638272
- Shelfmark:
- BOD G Pamph. 2979 (3)
- Full Title:
- THE | WIFE, | A | POEM. | Express'd in a | COMPLEAT WIFE. | WITH | An ELEGY on the Untimely Death of | the AUTHOR, Poyson'd in the [i]Tower[/i], &c. | [rule] | By Sir [i]THOMAS OVERBURY.[/i] | [rule] | [g]The Seventeenth Edition.[/g] | [rule] | [i]LONDON.[/i] | Printed and Sold by [i]H. Hills[/i], in [i]Black-fryars[/i] near | the Water-side. 1709.
- Epigraph:
- n/a
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse and Miscellany dominated by poet
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- n/a
- Pagination:
- [2], 3-16pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Seventeenth edition
- References:
- Foxon O252
- Printer:
- Henry Hills
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed and Sold by H. Hills, in Black-fryars near the Water-side.'
- First Line:
- Hadst thou like other sirs and knights of worth
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy upon the Death of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knight, Poyson'd in the Tower
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis dangerous to be good well may we praise
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy in Praise of Sir Thomas Overbury, and his Poem.
- Attribution:
- P. B. medii Temp.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When I behold this wife of thine so fair
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- Of Sir Thomas Overbury's Wife and Marriage.
- Attribution:
- E. G.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beauty affords contentment to the eye
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- On the Wife
- Attribution:
- D. T.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou woeful widow once happy wife
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- To the Book
- Attribution:
- F. H.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Exposed to all thou wilt less worthy seem
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- To the Wife
- Attribution:
- G. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This perfect creature to the eastern use
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- On the Wife
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well hast thou said that women should be such
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- On the Wife
- Attribution:
- X. Z.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If I were to choose a woman
- Page No:
- pp.7-8
- Poem Title:
- Of the Choice of a Wife
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Upon a marble framed by the cunningest hand
- Page No:
- pp.8-9
- Poem Title:
- A Statue erected in Memory of Sir Thomas Overbury's Wife.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Each woman is a brief of womankind
- Page No:
- pp.9-16
- Poem Title:
- A Wife
- Attribution:
- By Sir Thomas Overbury
- Attributed To:
- Sir Thomas Overbury
- First Line:
- The span of my days measured here I rest
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- The Author's Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Written by Himself [i.e. Overbury]
- Attributed To:
- Sir Thomas Overbury
- First Line:
- What shall I do to show how much I love her
- Page No:
- p.143
- Poem Title:
- The Princely Courtship
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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