Though I but seventeen do declare

DMI number:

36921

First Line:

Though I but seventeen do declare

Last Line:

A parson wears a band

Poem Genre / Form:

Answer/reply, Couplet, Quatrain abab, Quatrain aabb, and Comic verse

Themes:

Humour, jokes, Objects, and Wit

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Author:

William le Tans'ur

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Attribution based on 'Beauties of Poetry', p. 178.

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Content/Publication

Title:

The beauties of poetry: or, a portable repository of English verse, on an entire new plan. [T85619] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.340

Poem Title:

Keys to the several AENigmas, &c.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed