Ask not the cause why sullen spring
- DMI number:
- 4702
- First Line:
- Ask not the cause why sullen spring
- Last Line:
- To be the victim for mankind
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lyric, Sestet ababcc, and Song
- Themes:
- Love and Nature
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. IV (1974): 421-2
- First Line:
- Ask not the cause why sudden spring
- Last Line:
- To be the victim for mankind
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ask not the cause why sullen spring
- Last Line:
- I only am by love designed
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Song 149.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Song 149.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R122]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-257
- Poem Title:
- Song To A Fair, Young Lady, Going out of the Town In the Spring.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R228541]
- Page No(s):
- pp.255-257
- Poem Title:
- Song To A Fair, Young Lady, Going out of the Town In the Spring.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [T214159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.284-285
- Poem Title:
- Song, to a Fair Young Lady, going out of the Town in the Spring.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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