It has always been thought discreet
- DMI number:
- 11875
- First Line:
- It has always been thought discreet
- Last Line:
- How many Damons how few Dorsets live
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialogue, Conversation poem, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Communication, Friendship, Philosophical enquiry, and Politics['Treaty of Partition' (Treaty of the Hague 1698)]
- Dedicatee:
- Charles Sackville
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 523-5.
- First Line:
- It always has been thought discreet
- Last Line:
- How many Damons how few Dorsets live
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new collection of poems on several occasions by Mr. Prior, and others [T144876]
- Page No(s):
- pp.66-71
- Poem Title:
- The Conversation, A Tale.
- Attribution:
- 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior' T144983, contents.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions, by Matthew Prior [2nd. edition] [T75647]
- Page No(s):
- pp.66-73
- Poem Title:
- The Conversation. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions. By the late Matthew Prior [3rd ed.] [T75656]
- Page No(s):
- pp.52-55
- Poem Title:
- The Conversation. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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