In a fair island in the southern main
- DMI number:
- 21718
- First Line:
- In a fair island in the southern main
- Last Line:
- Would prove no doubt as perjured as before
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Narrative verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Love, Mythology, Sex / relations between the sexes, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Printed in 'Poems by Eminent Ladies' (London: 1755), vol.2, pp.239-246. Probably by Laetitia Pilkington (Wright and Spears II: 813.)
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 813. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Title:
- A select collection of original love letters, to which are sub-join'd poems by eminent ladies [T82903]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-120
- Poem Title:
- The Statures: or, the Trial of Constancy. A Tale, for the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Agreeable Medley or, Universal Entertainer [T98503]
- Page No(s):
- pp.249-255
- Poem Title:
- The Statues: Or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale for the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Muse in a moral humour: being a collection of tales, fables, pastorals, by Several Hands. [Vol I] [T130696] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.209-217
- Poem Title:
- The Statues; or, the Trial of Constancy. A Tale for the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems by eminent ladies [vol 2] [T42592] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.239-246
- Poem Title:
- The Statues: Or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale. For the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
- Attributed To:
- Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
- Title:
- Poems by eminent ladies [vol 2] [T60050] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.200-206
- Poem Title:
- The Statues: or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale for the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
- Attributed To:
- Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
- Title:
- Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great Britain and Ireland [N21034] [vol II] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.87-94
- Poem Title:
- The Statues: Or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale. For the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Collected under 'Poems By Mrs. Pilkington.'
- Attributed To:
- Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
- Title:
- Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland [T144911 vol. II]
- Page No(s):
- pp.239-246
- Poem Title:
- The Statues: Or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale. For the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
- Attributed To:
- Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
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