Blacklight

A lovely pair endued by fate

DMI number:
42286
Poem Aliases
Crowne. Thyestes.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
A lovely pair endued by fate
Last Line:
But alas his stakes are done | But alas &c
Poem Genre / Form:
Erotic poetry, Song with refrain, and Quatrain aabb
Themes:
Sex and bawdy humour
Related People
Author:
John Crowne
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Variant text of 'The Song at Atreus his Banquet' from Thyestes. Crowne (1873) II: 14-15. 1873 text has a sixth stanza not printed in miscellany ID 1657.
Related Poems
First Line:
A lovely pair endued by fate
Last Line:
You know you know what I mean | You know &c
Relationship:
Extract Of/Extracted In
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Female poems on several occasions [ESTC R24055]
Page No(s):
pp.126-128
Poem Title:
The Contest.
Attribution:
Written by Ephelia.
Attributed To:
Ephelia