Tis not that rural sports alone invite
- DMI number:
- 37163
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis not that rural sports alone invite
- Last Line:
- And my creator's name inspire my lays
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Georgic and Couplet
- Themes:
- God, Nature, Night, Religion, and Rural life
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Rural Sports (Canto 1). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 41-58.
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.52-53
- Poem Title:
- The Employments of a Country-Life.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- The Employments of a Country Life. [Gay.]
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- The Employments of a Country Life. [Gay.]
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- The Employments of a Country Life. [Gay.]
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
Poem Aliases
Gay. Rural Sports.
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