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However tis well that whilst mankind

DMI number:
44692
First Line:
However tis well that whilst mankind
Last Line:
And Phillis but a perjured whore
Poem Genre / Form:
Elegy and Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts, Fate / fortune / providence, and Hopelessness / vanity of life
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Author:
Matthew Prior
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
The gentleman's journal: or the monthly miscellany [February 1692]
Page No(s):
p.5-6
Poem Title:
No title
Attribution:
Mr Prior
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior