Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- DMI number:
- 7087
- First Line:
- Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- Last Line:
- At once both stink and shine
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lampoon and Quintain / quintet abaab
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state)[James II] and Women / the female character[Countess of Dorchester]
- Author:
- Charles Sackville
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) VIII: 343. POAS (1971) V:385. Harris (1979): 45-6.
- First Line:
- Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- Last Line:
- At once both stink and sing
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- CXCIX.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixd, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
- Page No(s):
- CC.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of miscellany poems, letters &c. By Mr. Brown, &c. [R31629]
- Page No(s):
- pp.97-98
- Poem Title:
- To an old affected Court Lady
- Attribution:
- By a person of Honour
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The book of fun or the quintessence of wit and mirth [T191471] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
- Page No(s):
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- CCXLIV. On the Countess of D--r Mistress to James the Second.
- Attribution:
- Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- Epigrams fresh gather'd from the conversation of the polite [N18487] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- Poems by the Earls of Roscommon and Dorset; The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckingham, &c. [vol. II] [BL]
- Page No(s):
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
- Page No(s):
- p.379
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The minor poets or the works of the most celebrated authors [vol 1] [N6033]
- Page No(s):
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The new theatre of fun [T116718] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.74-75
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol II] [T130333]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second : Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.218-219
- Poem Title:
- Song 280...on the Countess of Dorchester.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of celebrated authors of whose writings there are but small remains [vol I] [T145013] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.199
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- The Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol II] [T146730]
- Page No(s):
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol II] [T94657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol II] [T152378]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol II] [T95241]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second: Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol II] [T95242]
- Page No(s):
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol II] [N35509]
- Page No(s):
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James II. Written in the Year 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under the name of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the most celebrated Minor Poets [vol. 1] [2nd ed] [T185023] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the most celebrated Minor Poets [vol. 1] [N25943] [ECCO] (1751)
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Dorset's name.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The Works of the most celebrated Minor Poets [vol. 1] [T79268]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- Collected under the name of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- Wit a-la-mode; or, Lord Chesterfield's witticisms [T101784] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.74-75
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
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