Me from the womb the midwife muse did take
- DMI number:
- 28380
- First Line:
- Me from the womb the midwife muse did take
- Last Line:
- And all thy forefathers were from Homer down to Ben
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Ode
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing and Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Waller (1905): 193: Extract from Cowley's 'Destinie'.
- Title:
- The polite companion: containing essays illustrated with passages from the poets, orators [T202654] [Vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.241-242
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Cowley. [p.241]
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
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