Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt
- DMI number:
- 25811
- First Line:
- Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt
- Last Line:
- Hobson has supped and's newly gone to bed
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death and Travel
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Carey (1997): 127-128
- First Line:
- Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt
- Last Line:
- Hobson has supped and newly's gone to bed
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- On the Cambridge Carrier, who sickened in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague.
- Attribution:
- John Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- A select collection of epitaphs carefully collected from the tombstones of the most eminent personages in England Scotland and Ireland [T131017] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- On the Cambridge Carrier, who sickened in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague.
- Attribution:
- John Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The book of fun or the quintessence of wit and mirth [T191471] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- On the Cambridge Carrier, who sickened in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague.
- Attribution:
- John Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
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