Why Amarillis dost thou walk alone
- DMI number:
- 41863
- First Line:
- Why Amarillis dost thou walk alone
- Last Line:
- You shall of Silvio sing while I will play
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialogue, Pastoral, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Love, Nature, People[William Howard, Viscount Stafford (1612-1680); his son John Howard.], Rural life, Sex / relations between the sexes, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Aphra Behn
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Todd (1992) I: 185-89. Miscellany ID 1641 provides sole authority for this attribution.
- Title:
- Miscellany, being a collection of poems by several hands [ESTC R3358] [EEBO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.290-299
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral To Mr. Stafford, Under the Name of Silvio, On His Translation Of The Death of Camilla: Out Of Virgil. ... Thirsis and Amarillis
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Behn
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
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