Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth
- DMI number:
- 6471
- First Line:
- Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth
- Last Line:
- And never settle more
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...] and Song
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 792. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Title:
- Oxford and Cambridge miscellany poems [T145730]
- Page No(s):
- pp.34-35
- Poem Title:
- An Apology to a Lady, who told me I cou'd not love her heartily, because I had lov'd others
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 4] [T93622] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- Apology To A Lady, Who Told Me, I Could Not Love Her Heartily, Because I Had Loved Others...In Imitation Of Mr. Waller.
- Attribution:
- Probably By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 5] [T93622] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.4-*5
- Poem Title:
- Song
- Attribution:
- Taken From Bp. Atterbury's Own Hand-Writing
- Attributed To:
- Francis Atterbury
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