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
- 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.
- First Line:
- Imperial prince king of the seas and isles
- Last Line:
- Kings are but cards in war they're gods in peace
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Now painter if thou darest design that fight
- Last Line:
- And done we know not what nor what we get
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Nay painter if thou darest design that fight
- Last Line:
- In Petty's double kneeled experiment
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- 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
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