I knew thee not I speak it to my shame
- DMI number:
- 6804
- First Line:
- I knew thee not I speak it to my shame
- Last Line:
- In both the issues of thy blood and brain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Panegyric and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- James Clayton
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ODNB article on Sir John Beaumont by Roger D. Sell suggests 'Ja. Cl' is James Clayton.
- Title:
- A collection of the best english poetry by several hands [vol II] [T71]
- Page No(s):
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Honoured Poem of his Unknown Friend, Sir John Beaumont, Baronet.
- Attribution:
- Ja. Cl.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Bosworth-field: a poem...with several verses in praise of the author, and elegies on his death by the greatest wits then living [T29559]
- Page No(s):
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Honoured Poem of his Unknown Friend, Sir John Beaumont, Baronet.
- Attribution:
- Ja. Cl.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The rhapsody. Being a display of the wit and humour of past times [T62617]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- Upon the honoured Poem of his unknown Friend, Sir John Beaumont, Baronet.
- Attribution:
- Ja. Cl.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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