In Aesop's time a wretched man we find
- DMI number:
- 4542
- First Line:
- In Aesop's time a wretched man we find
- Last Line:
- And said thou wantest brains as well as hair
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Marriage and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 181-2.
- Author:
- Sir Charles Sedley
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Pinto (1928) II: 151. Attributed to Sedley on 'doubtful authority.'
- First Line:
- The party's hen pecked W--- are thy wives
- Last Line:
- He without hairs and thou without a crown
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- Deliciae Poeticae; or Parnassus display'd in a choice collection of poems and songs [T93810]
- Page No(s):
- p.150
- Poem Title:
- Fable
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Mirth diverts all care [T119714]
- Page No(s):
- p.150
- Poem Title:
- Fable
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Mirth diverts all care [T182529]
- Page No(s):
- p.150
- Poem Title:
- Fable
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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