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As Cupid roguishly one day

DMI number:
6537
First Line:
As Cupid roguishly one day
Last Line:
And vows he'll never be free again
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Song
Themes:
Mythology and Love
Related People
Translated from:
Anacreon
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
Charles Boyle
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
'Song done from Anacreon, by the Honourable C. B. Esq.'. Extract from 'Altemira' in The Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle (1739, ESTC T67992) II: 183.
Composer:
John Weldon
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Oxford and Cambridge miscellany poems [T145730]
Page No(s):
pp.193-194
Poem Title:
A Song. Set by Mr. Weldon
Attribution:
By Mr. Boyle (unclear which Boyle is intended)
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 4] [T93622] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.72-73
Poem Title:
Song. Set By Mr. Weldon. Done From Anacreon.
Attribution:
By Mr. Boyle Footnote: '...possibly by Henry Boyle, afterwards lord Carleton.'
Attributed To:
Henry Boyle