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Lament ye fields and rueful symptoms show

DMI number:
29474
Poem Aliases
Gay. Shepherd's Week. Friday.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Lament ye fields and rueful symptoms show
Last Line:
Weep shepherds and remember flesh is grass
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Lament
Themes:
Death
Related People
Author:
John Gay
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Shepherd's Week. Friday. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 113-118.
Content/Publication
Title:
Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
Page No(s):
p.320
Poem Title:
On Blouzelinda.
Attribution:
Mr. Gay.
Attributed To:
John Gay