Here lies father Sparges
- DMI number:
- 21864
- First Line:
- Here lies father Sparges
- Last Line:
- Who died to save charges
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death and Money / wealth
- Author:
- George Wither
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant extract from 'A Suddain Flash' (1657, ESTC R204088): 20.
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.41
- Poem Title:
- On an old Miser named Sparges.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- On an old Miser, nam'd Sparges.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Sepulchroum Inscriptiones. Being a curious collection of the most remarkable epitaphs [ESTC P2281]
- Page No(s):
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- On an old Miser, nam'd Sparges.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
- Page No(s):
- p.229
- Poem Title:
- On an old Miser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.198
- Poem Title:
- 27. On a Miser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.198
- Poem Title:
- 27. On a Miser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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