Here five foot deep lies on his back
- DMI number:
- 12175
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Here five foot deep lies on his back
- Last Line:
- As he himself could when above
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Medicine[Quackery] and Science[Astrology]
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from An Elegy on Mr. Partrige, the Almanac-Maker..., Swift Poems Project, 098-
- First Line:
- Well tis as Bickerstaff has guessed
- Last Line:
- As he himself could when above
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Here five feet deep lies on his back
- Last Line:
- As he himself could when above
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanies in prose and verse. The fourth edition [T39456] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.119 [i.e. p.219]
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T173801]
- Page No(s):
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T202847]
- Page No(s):
- p.191
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T172697] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T204336] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.235
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T39473] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [T39474]
- Page No(s):
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T39475]
- Page No(s):
- p.168
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- By Dean Swift
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- Title:
- The muse's vagaries or the merry mortal's companion [Part II] [ESTC T170724]
- Page No(s):
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- by the same [ie. Swift. Contents page attribution]
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
Poem Aliases
Swift. An Elegy on the Supposed Death of Mr Partridge, the Almanac Maker.
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