The sceptics think 'twas long ago
- DMI number:
- 4250
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The sceptics think 'twas long ago
- Last Line:
- And get the ladle out again
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse, Fable, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Domestic life and Mythology
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 202-6.
- First Line:
- The sceptics think 'twas long ago
- Last Line:
- Tis all a wish and all a ladle
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- This commoner has worth and parts
- Last Line:
- 'Tis all a wish and all a ladle
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of merry poems [N27710] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.63-66
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poetical miscellanies: the fifth part [T161282]
- Page No(s):
- pp.593-602
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Tales to kill time, by the Society of the Court of Comus [T73665]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-165
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
- Page No(s):
- pp.168-172
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle; or, The Triple Wish.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The beauties of English poesy [vol 2] [T146028] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-69
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The beauties of English poesy [vol 2] [T146032] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-69
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.316-320
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [T214159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.323-326
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The merry companion or, a cure for the spleen [T301231] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.63-66
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [part 1] [T198535]
- Page No(s):
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Agreeable Medley or, Universal Entertainer [T98503]
- Page No(s):
- pp.59-63
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle
- Attribution:
- Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The Bee. A Collection of Choice Poems [Part I] [N32537]
- Page No(s):
- pp.27-31
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- Prior. ap. Poems. p. 94.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The British poets [N15724]
- Page No(s):
- pp.211-215
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- pp.43-47
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle, or the Triple Wish.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol. I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.90-95
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T130695]
- Page No(s):
- pp.63-68
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle, or the Triple Wish.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.91-96
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The muse in good humour or a collection of comic tales. By the most eminent poets [vol I] [T41630] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.91-96
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The muse in good humour. Or, a collection of comic tales [T197901] [ECCO Cambridge University Library]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-69
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle, or the Triple Wish. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.43-47
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle, or the Triple Wish.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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Prior. Ladle.
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