I smile at love and all his arts

DMI number:

2480

Poem Aliases

Relapse or Virtue in Danger.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

I smile at love and all his arts

Last Line:

And to enlarge the wound

Poem Genre / Form:

Song

Themes:

Sex / relations between the sexes

Related People

Author:

Sir John Vanbrugh

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract w. variants from 'The Relapse; Or, Virtue in Danger' Act 4 Scene 1. Vanbrugh (1719) I: 69.

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I smile at love and all its arts

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I smile at love and all its arts

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Content/Publication

Title:

The Modern Musick-Master or, The Universal Musician [?not Suarez?]

Page No(s):

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

The Defiance. A New Song.

Attribution:

Set by Mr. Vanbrughe

Attributed To:

Not attributed