Here lies the Lord have mercy on her

DMI number:

21843

First Line:

Here lies the Lord have mercy on her

Last Line:

She died a maid the more's the pity

Poem Genre / Form:

Mock epitaph

Themes:

Beauty, Death, and Women / the female character

Related Poems

First Line:

Here lies the Lord have mercy upon her

Last Line:

She died a maid alas the more's the pity

Relationship:

Variant Of

Comments:

First Line:

Here lies the lord have mercy on her

Last Line:

She died a maid the more to pity

Relationship:

Variant Of

Comments:

First Line:

Here lies the lord have mercy on her

Last Line:

Yet died a maid the more's the pity

Relationship:

Variant Of

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.71

Poem Title:

On one Unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]

Page No(s):

p.96

Poem Title:

On one of Queen Elizabeth's Maids of Honour.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed