Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

DMI number:

12440

First Line:

Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

Last Line:

That decrepit old age cannot freeze

Poem Genre / Form:

Lyric and Quatrain abab

Themes:

Friendship, Love, Sex / relations between the sexes, and The happy man / contentment

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Author:

Matthew Prior

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

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pp.267-269

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pp.31-33

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Attribution:

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Title:

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Page No(s):

pp.109-111

Poem Title:

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