If I can guess the devil choke me
- DMI number:
- 2228
- First Line:
- If I can guess the devil choke me
- Last Line:
- Tis time to rest your very humble
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Epistle
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes[ ], Poetry / literature / writing, and Communication
- Author:
- Charles Sackville
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 227: 'By Charles Sackville'. Harris (1979): 112-114.
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 227: Noted but omitted.
- Dedicatee:
- Sir George Etherege
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol I] [T130333]
- Page No(s):
- p.154
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.148.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotCharles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset [vol. I] [BL]
- Page No(s):
- pp.157-160
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.153.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotCharles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]
- Page No(s):
- pp.109-111
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.105.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotCharles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset: the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T119718]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-164
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p. 157.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotCharles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester [T94656]
- Page No(s):
- pp.176-179
- Poem Title:
- The second epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards earl of Dorset' in note on p. 172.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotCharles Sackville
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94654]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94653]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T146730]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-164
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T95240]
- Page No(s):
- pp.202-205
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25977]
- Page No(s):
- pp.163-166
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to Mr. E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [T94657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to Mr. E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol I] [T95241]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to Mr. E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, &c. [Vol I] [T152378 ]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to Mr. E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol I] [T95242]
- Page No(s):
- pp.171-174
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [N35509]
- Page No(s):
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N35511]
- Page No(s):
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- The second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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