Life is a jest and all things show it
- DMI number:
- 15965
- First Line:
- Life is a jest and all things show it
- Last Line:
- I thought so once but now I know it
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Epitaph, and Distich
- Themes:
- Death and Humour, jokes
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Lonsdale (1984): 129. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 253.
- First Line:
- Life's a jest and all things show it
- Last Line:
- I thought so once but now I know it
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
- Page No(s):
- LXXXII.
- Poem Title:
- Gay's Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- LXXXII.
- Poem Title:
- Gay's Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Written by Mr. Gay for his own Monument.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- On John Gay.
- Attribution:
- By Himself.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- XXIII. Mr. Gay's Epitaph:
- Attribution:
- By Himself. [i.e. Gay]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Gay's Epitaph:
- Attribution:
- By Himself. [i.e. Gay]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Gay's Epitaph:
- Attribution:
- By Himself. [i.e. Gay]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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