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As Vulcan at his anvil stood

DMI number:
42611
First Line:
As Vulcan at his anvil stood
Last Line:
You know my arrow's but a toy
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Anacreontic, and Couplet
Themes:
Love and Mythology
Related People
Translated from:
Anacreon
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
Francis Willis
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Michael Hilton, 'The Anacreontea in England to 1683', 2 vols (unpublished doctoral thesis, 1980) II: 43.
Content/Publication
Title:
Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek [ESTC R7394]
Page No(s):
pp.94-96
Poem Title:
XLII. Upon Cupid's Darts.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed