Lord if our days be few why do we spend
- DMI number:
- 17397
- First Line:
- Lord if our days be few why do we spend
- Last Line:
- We make them evil and thou makest them few
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- God, Hopelessness / vanity of life, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Francis Quarles
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'On the Days of Man'. Quarles, Fancies (1633): 98.
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
- Page No(s):
- CDLXI.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- CDLXI.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- L. A Cure for the Evils of Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- A Cure for the Evils of Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- A Cure for the Evils of Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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