Calm was the evening and clear was the sky
- DMI number:
- 42644
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Calm was the evening and clear was the sky
- Last Line:
- Began with a kiss | He burst out with a ha ha ha
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Nine-line stanzas, Pastoral, and Song with refrain
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- LION
- First Line:
- Calm was the evening and clear was the sky
- Last Line:
- He laughs out with a ha ha ha ha ha ha &c
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Merry drollery compleat [ESTC R221825]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 220-1
- Poem Title:
- A Loves Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Academy of Complements with Many New Additions [ESTC R28041]
- Page No(s):
- p.299
- Poem Title:
- Song 146.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The compleat courtier: or, Cupid's academy [ESTC R184126]
- Page No(s):
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Evening's Love. Act 4.
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