Farewell false love the oracle of lies
- DMI number:
- 4716
- First Line:
- Farewell false love the oracle of lies
- Last Line:
- Dead is the root from which such fancies grew
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Complaint, Lyric, and Sestet ababcc
- Themes:
- Love, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Anger
- Author:
- Thomas Deloney
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'A Farewel to Love.' Deloney (1678) III. Six additional lines are added to Byrd's version.
- Author:
- William Byrd
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant (additional lines) of 'Farewell false Love'. Psalmes, Sonets, & Songs of Sadness and Pietie (1588, ESTC S124483): XXV.
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.380-381
- Poem Title:
- A Farewel to Love.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [T214159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.395-396
- Poem Title:
- A Farewel to Love.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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