If this fair rose offend thy sight
| First Line | If this fair rose offend thy sight |
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| Author | William Somervile |
| Description | Epigram [Love; Public affairs; Humour, wordplay]. Transcribed from Somervile, William. "Lines supposed to have been written in the 15th century, by the Duke of Clarence ... of the House of York, and sent, with a Rose, to Lady Eliza Beauchamp, daughter to the Duke of Somerset..." Select epigrams. In two volumes... vol. 2, 1797, pp. 94–95. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0114976089. |
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Transcription
If this fair rose offend thy sight,
Plac'd on thy bosom bare,
'Twill blush to find itself less white,
And turn Lancastrian there.
But if thy ruby lip it spy,
As kiss it thou may'st deign,
With envy pale, 'twill lose its die,
And Yorkist turn again.
Folger MS M.a.170
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Page: n/a [near the middle of the manuscript].
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Folger MS M.a.170
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Page: n/a [near the end of the manuscript].
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Folger MS M.a.182
| Title | A miscellaneous collection in prose and vers [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 100.
Local title: During the contest between the houses of York and Lancaster, a Yorkist sent his mistress a white rose, the following lines wrapped round it.
Attributed author: A Yorkist.
Adaptation: n/a
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Folger MS M.a.183
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
f. 21v.
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: Duke of Clarence.
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Folger MS W.a.271
| Title | Poetry |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 6.
Local title: Spoken extempore to a Lady who ask’d what the World was like; Sent with a White Rose to a Lady of the Lancastrian party by a Gentleman of the House of York.
Attributed author: Gentleman of the House of York.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: 4-line variant.
Other: n/a
Houghton MS Hyde 35 (5)
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Houghton Library |
p. 159
Local title: "Sent by a youth of the York Party, to his mistress of the Lancastrian, with a white rose."
Attributed author: n/a
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Leeds Brotherton Lt 12
| Title | Miscellany Poems 1728 |
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| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
pp. 135–136.
Local title: Verses on a Yorkist's presenting a Red-Rose to his Mistress of the H. of Lancaster.
Attributed author: a Yorkist.
Adaptation: n/a
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