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Tis true I was a sturdy soldier once

DMI number:
42125
Poem Aliases
Horace. Odes. Book 3 Ode 26.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Tis true I was a sturdy soldier once
Last Line:
And pay her with a pox
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Quatrain abab, and Ode
Themes:
Love, Mythology[Venus and Cupid.], Punishment, and Sex / relations between the sexes
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Translated from:
Horace
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
Thomas Flatman
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Book III. Ode III. To Venus'. Flatman (1686): 263.
Content/Publication
Title:
The poems of Horace [ESTC R712]
Page No(s):
p.123
Poem Title:
Ode III. ... Paraphrased. To Venus.
Attribution:
By Sir T. F.
Attributed To:
Thomas Flatman