Black girl complain not that I fly
- DMI number:
- 5928
- First Line:
- Black girl complain not that I fly
- Last Line:
- And I'll bequeath myself to thee
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lyric and Couplet
- Themes:
- Love, Race / racism, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Henry King
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'The Boyes answer to the Blackmoor'. King (1664): 6-7.
- First Line:
- Black maid complain not that I fly
- Last Line:
- And then I will bequeath my self to thee
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- pp.485-486
- Poem Title:
- The Fair Boy's Paradoxical Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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