Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires
- DMI number:
- 8647
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires
- Last Line:
- How mad she lies in solitude on Caunus raves and dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Epistle
- Themes:
- Love and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- John Dennis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'The Passion of Byblis; made English from the ninth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis.' Dennis (1718) I: 60-80.
- Translated from:
- Ovid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several occasions by the wits of the last and present age [Vol I] [T64796]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-62
- Poem Title:
- Byblis's passionate Love-Letter to her Brother. From Ovid's Metamorphosis.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry, and several other occasions by the wits of the last and present age [vol I] [T64784]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-62
- Poem Title:
- Byblis's passionate Love-Letter to her Brother. From Ovid's Metamorphosis.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
Poem Aliases
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Book 9.
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