A mighty pain to love it is
- DMI number:
- 9748
- First Line:
- A mighty pain to love it is
- Last Line:
- Gold alas does love beget
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Anacreontic, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Money / wealth
- Author:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Waller (1905): 55.
- Translated from:
- Anacreon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek [ESTC R7394]
- Page No(s):
- pp.96-97
- Poem Title:
- XLIII. Upon Gold.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Anacreon and Sappho [T85628] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.46-47
- Poem Title:
- XLIII. Gold.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous tracts; or, select passages, historical, chronological, moral, &c. extracted from eminent authors, ancient and modern [T119426] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.252
- Poem Title:
- Mischievous Effects of Gold.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Cowley from Anacreon.
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T118389]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Gold.
- Attribution:
- Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T124513]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Gold.
- Attribution:
- Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T124652]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Gold.
- Attribution:
- Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
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