Now ponder well ye ladies fair
- DMI number:
- 35161
- First Line:
- Now ponder well ye ladies fair
- Last Line:
- And eke was much more strong
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab, Narrative verse, and Song
- Themes:
- Humour, jokes, Sex / relations between the sexes, Wit, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Attributed to Montagu in 'Additions to ... Pope'; often attributed elsewhere to 'A Lady'.
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5465] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.176-182
- Poem Title:
- Virtue in Danger. A lamentable Story how a virtuous Lady had like to have been ravished by her Sister's Footman. To the Tune of the Children in the Wood. By Lady M. W. Montague.
- Attribution:
- Lady M. W. Montague.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5466] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.172-178
- Poem Title:
- Virtue in Danger. A lamentable Story, how a virtuous Lady had like to have been ravished by her Sister's Footman. To the Tune of the Children in the Wood. By Lady M. W. Montague.
- Attribution:
- Lady M. W. Montague.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
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