By heavens 'twas bravely done
- DMI number:
- 5477
- First Line:
- By heavens 'twas bravely done
- Last Line:
- And then to fall like Phaeton
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Triplet
- Themes:
- Ambition, Characters, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Love: Undecided Vieth (1968): 224: Noted but omitted.
- Title:
- The book of fun or the quintessence of wit and mirth [T191471] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon... The Third Edition (1709) [N36008]
- Page No(s):
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [T95468]
- Page No(s):
- p.135
- Poem Title:
- My Lord Rochester attempting to Kiss the Dutchess of Clevelaud, [sic] as she was stepping out of her Chariot at White-Hall-Gate, she threw him on his Back, and before he Rose, he spoke the following Lines.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94654]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol I] [T130333]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset [vol. I] [BL]
- Page No(s):
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]
- Page No(s):
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Duchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94653]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T146730]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Duchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T95240]
- Page No(s):
- p.129
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25977]
- Page No(s):
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [T94657]
- Page No(s):
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol I] [T95241]
- Page No(s):
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, &c. [Vol I] [T152378 ]
- Page No(s):
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol I] [T95242]
- Page No(s):
- p.111
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [N35509]
- Page No(s):
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- Spoken extempore, upon receiving a Fall at White-hall-gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset: the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T119718]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N35511]
- Page No(s):
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester [T94656]
- Page No(s):
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- Spoken extempore, upon receiving a fall at Whitehall-gate, by attempting to kiss the dutchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I] [T95392]
- Page No(s):
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [ECCO] [T94652]
- Page No(s):
- p.135
- Poem Title:
- My Lord Rochester attempting to Kiss the Dutchess of Clevelaud, [sic] as she was stepping out of her Chariot at White-Hall-Gate, she threw him on his Back, and before he Rose, he spoke the following Lines.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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