I'll not offend thee with a vain tear more
- DMI number:
- 23894
- First Line:
- I'll not offend thee with a vain tear more
- Last Line:
- Who wets thy grave can be no friend of mine
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Sestet aabbcc
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Benjamin Jonson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bevington (2012) V: 128.
- First Line:
- In place of scutcheons that should deck thy hearse
- Last Line:
- We sad for him may glory and not sin
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- What two brave perils of the private sword
- Last Line:
- Seas serenes swords shot sickness all are there
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- On Sir John Roe.
- Attribution:
- Ben Jonson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- 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):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- On Sir John Roe.
- Attribution:
- Ben Jonson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.143
- Poem Title:
- On Sir John Roe.
- Attribution:
- Ben Jonson
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- On the same.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Jonson]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
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