Like to the falling of a star
- DMI number:
- 16124
- First Line:
- Like to the falling of a star
- Last Line:
- The flight is past and man forgot
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Henry King
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- King (1664): 139 [137].
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- Life
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new academy of complements [ESTC R11946]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- Song 89.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.168
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Bishop King
- Attributed To:
- Henry King
- Title:
- The New Academy of Complements [R20160]
- Page No(s):
- p. 137
- Poem Title:
- Song 89.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Henry King
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