I know that fortune long has wanted sight
- DMI number:
- 16924
- First Line:
- I know that fortune long has wanted sight
- Last Line:
- And gives success in every suit but hearts
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Joke / jest, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Entertainments / pastimes[Cards], Gambling[Ombre], Love, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 692.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works of his late excellency Matthew Prior [ECCO] [T75653]
- Page No(s):
- pp.102-103
- Poem Title:
- Upon Playing at Ombre, with Two Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75638] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.116-117
- Poem Title:
- Upon Playing at Ombre with Two Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75645]
- Page No(s):
- pp.116-117
- Poem Title:
- Upon Playing at Ombre With Two Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.116-117
- Poem Title:
- Upon Playing at Ombre With Two Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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