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Nay painter if thou darest design that fight

DMI number:
3570
First Line:
Nay painter if thou darest design that fight
Last Line:
In Petty's double keeled experiment
Poem Genre / Form:
Topical satire, Satire, Advice to a Painter poems, and Couplet
Themes:
Ancient history, Art / painting, City, Other countries, Politics[Second Anglo-Dutch War], and War
Related People
Author:
Andrew Marvell
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Included in Smith (2007): 329-343. However, no firm conclusions over authorship: see pp. 323-324. George deF. Lord attributes poem to Marvell in POAS I (1963): 34-52.
Author:
Sir John Denham
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Banks (1928): 327: considers Denham's authorship impossible.
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First Line:
Nay painter if thou darest design that fight
Last Line:
In Petty's double kneeled experiment
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Content/Publication
Title:
A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
Page No(s):
pp.21-30
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War: in 1667.
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
Page No(s):
pp.24-33
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War.
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
Page No(s):
pp.24-33
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War.
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
Page No(s):
pp.24-33
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War.
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
Page No(s):
pp.24-33
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham
Title:
Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
Page No(s):
pp. 24-33
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667.
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham
Title:
Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
Page No(s):
pp. 26-35
Poem Title:
Directions to a Painter.
Attribution:
By Sir John Denham, 1667.
Attributed To:
Sir John Denham