Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold
- DMI number:
- 31061
- First Line:
- Boast not thy golden shower great 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 a golden rain O Jove behold
- Last Line:
- Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- XV. Love-Tears.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- Love-Tears.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- Love-Tears.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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