Life is a jest and all things show it
- DMI number:
- 36570
- First Line:
- Life is a jest and all things show it
- Last Line:
- Smiled at the dart that spoiled the jest
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Samuel Whyte
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- The authorship of the verse in The Shamrock, the collection edited by Whyte, is uncertain. Some of the verse is by Whyte, and some by unknown others.
- Title:
- The shamrock: or, Hibernian cresses. A collection of poems, songs, epigrams, &c. [N22315] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.368
- Poem Title:
- Gay's Epitaph Paraphrased
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The shamrock: or, Hibernian cresses. A collection of poems, songs, epigrams, &c. [T90484] [2nd ed] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.368
- Poem Title:
- Gay's Epitaph, Paraphrased.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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