High on a bough that trembled over a spring
- DMI number:
- 3120
- First Line:
- High on a bough that trembled over a spring
- Last Line:
- Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology, Nature, and Music
- Author:
- Philip Ayres
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'The Nightingale that was drowned'. Ayres (1687): 55.
- First Line:
- Upon a bough high waving over a spring
- Last Line:
- Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A miscellany of original poems, translations &c. [N10826] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- Upon a Nightingale that was drowned.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Grove; or, a collection of original poems, translations, &c. [T35894] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 35-36
- Poem Title:
- Upon a Nightingale that was drowned.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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