Of him I cannot which is hardest tell
- DMI number:
- 9616
- First Line:
- Of him I cannot which is hardest tell
- Last Line:
- While they survive my happy saint will live
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Composite poem, Character, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Characters and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Part of the poem, extract w. variants from Cowley's Davideis Bk. 4. Passage partly draws upon the description of Saul. Waller (1905): 373.
- Author:
- James Smith
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Katherine Philips
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Parts of the poem taken (extract w. variants) from 'To the Countess of Roscomon , with a Copy of Pompey' ('Great Pompey 's Fame from Egypt made escape'); 'On the death of the truly honourable Sir Walter Lloid Knight' ('At Obsequies where so much grief is due'); 'In Memory of F. P. who died at Acton the 24. May 1660' ('If I could ever write a lasting Verse') Thomas (1990) I: 109-11, 223-4, 224-5.
- Author:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Part of the poem, extract w. variants from 'A poem sacred to the glorious memory of her late Majesty Queen Anne' (1716, ESTC T133805): 15.
- Title:
- The agreeable variety. In two parts [T61602]
- Page No(s):
- pp.192-193
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. --------
- Attribution:
- taken from Mr. Cowley, Mrs. Phillips, and Mr. Smith
- Attributed To:
- Katherine PhilipsAbraham Cowley
- Title:
- The agreeable variety. In two parts. [T61568]
- Page No(s):
- pp.192-193
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. --------
- Attribution:
- taken from Mr. Cowley, Mrs. Phillips, and Mr. Smith
- Attributed To:
- Katherine PhilipsAbraham Cowley
- Title:
- The agreeable variety: being a miscellaneous collection in prose and verse from the works of the most celebrated authors [T61569]
- Page No(s):
- pp.192-193
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. --------
- Attribution:
- taken from Mr. Cowley, Mrs. Phillips, and Mr. Smith
- Attributed To:
- Katherine PhilipsAbraham Cowley
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