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Were men so dull they could not see

DMI number:
12386
First Line:
Were men so dull they could not see
Last Line:
Show 'tis a painted sepulchre
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Couplet
Themes:
Art / painting, Part of the body, and Women / the female character
Related People
Author:
Edmund Waller
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Chalmers (1810) VIII: 81.
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
Page No(s):
CIV.
Poem Title:
On a painted Lady with bad Teeth.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
Page No(s):
CXII.
Poem Title:
On a painted Lady with ill Teeth.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
Page No(s):
p.35
Poem Title:
CXXVI.
Attribution:
By the same.
Attributed To:
Edmund Waller