Twas when the fields imbibe the vernal showers

DMI number:

7322

First Line:

Twas when the fields imbibe the vernal showers

Last Line:

Therefore he sung so cheerful and so loud

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Character, and Couplet

Themes:

Characters

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Translated from:

Geoffrey Chaucer

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Author:

Thomas Betterton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

ODNB entry: 'In 1712 [Pope] substantially edited Betterton's versions of passages from Chaucer, which he published in Lintot's Miscellaneous Poems and Translations.'

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Content/Publication

Title:

Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5777]

Page No(s):

pp.[247]-282

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Characters.

Attribution:

By Mr. Thomas Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

Title:

Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5778]

Page No(s):

pp.[247]-282

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Characters

Attribution:

By Mr. Thomas Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

Title:

Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5779] [vol I]

Page No(s):

pp.231-259

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Characters.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

Title:

Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5780] [vol I]

Page No(s):

pp.239-267

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Character.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

Title:

Miscellany Poems. By several Hands. The Fifth Edition [Vol. II] [ECCO] [T5781]

Page No(s):

p.[57]-85

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Characters.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton (index)

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

Title:

The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, in the original...and as they are turn'd into modern language [N26579] [ecco]

Page No(s):

pp.209-242

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Characters, &c.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

Title:

The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, in the original...and as they are turn'd into modern language [T76322] [ecco]

Page No(s):

pp.209-242

Poem Title:

Chaucer's Characters, &c.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton