To burning Rome when frantic Nero played
- DMI number:
- 12248
- First Line:
- To burning Rome when frantic Nero played
- Last Line:
- Nor could he burn so fast as thou could'st build
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Beauty, Music, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 82. (Extract from 'To the Countess of Exeter, Playing on the Lute' ('What charms you have from what high race you sprung').
- First Line:
- What charms you have from what high race you sprung
- Last Line:
- Nor could he burn so fast as thou couldst build
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- XIX.
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady playing on the Lute.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixd, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
- Page No(s):
- XVIII.
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady playing on the Lute.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- XVII. To a Lady, playing on the Lute.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, playing on the Lute.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, playing on the Lute.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.220
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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