It was a time when silly bees could speak
- DMI number:
- 30296
- First Line:
- It was a time when silly bees could speak
- Last Line:
- Twas not tobacco stupefied my brain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sesta rima / ababcc and Complaint
- Themes:
- Nature[bees] and Tobacco
- Author:
- John Lyly
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Source for attribution unknown. In 'The Complete Works', 1902, but attributed elsewhere to Robert Devereux.
- Author:
- Robert Devereux
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Forster (1980): 48.
- Title:
- The Poetical Calendar. Vol. VII. For July. [T146608]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-117
- Poem Title:
- The Buzzing Bee's Complaint.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. the Famous Earl of Essex.]
- Attributed To:
- Robert Devereux
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