Whilst the cup walks nimbly round
- DMI number:
- 39239
- First Line:
- Whilst the cup walks nimbly round
- Last Line:
- All my cares in that lie drowned
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Anacreontic, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Entertainments / pastimes and Food and drink
- 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- Michael Hilton, 'The Anacreontea in England to 1683', 2 vols (unpublished doctoral thesis, 1980) II: 43.
- Title:
- Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek [ESTC R7394]
- Page No(s):
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- XXIII. The careless Companion.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Anacreon and Sappho [T85628] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- XXIII. The Careless Companion.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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