Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold
- DMI number:
- 12409
- First Line:
- Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold
- Last Line:
- Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Couplet, and Distich
- Themes:
- Love and Mythology
- Author:
- William Cartwright
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant of Love Tears ('Brag not a golden rain O Jove we see'). Chalmers (1810) VI: 523. Evans (1951): 478.
- First Line:
- Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold
- Last Line:
- Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- XXVII.
- Poem Title:
- Love-Tears.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixd, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
- Page No(s):
- CCXXXIV.
- Poem Title:
- Love-Tears.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The flowers of Parnassus: or, the Lady's Miscellany for the year M. DCC. XXXV [T124918]
- Page No(s):
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- Love-Tears.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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