Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
- DMI number:
- 30014
- First Line:
- Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
- Last Line:
- That it nocht eftir be thy cace | Thyne awin gude spend quhill thow hes space
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialect verse and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- William Dunbar
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bawcutt (1998) I: 118-119.
- First Line:
- Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
- Last Line:
- That it not after be thy case | Sae spend thy ain quhyle thou has space
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Ancient Scottish Poems. Published from the MS. of George Bannatyne. MDLXVIII [reprint edn - T221069] [google books]
- Page No(s):
- pp.70-72
- Poem Title:
- Advice to spend anis awin Gudes.
- Attribution:
- William Dunbar.
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
- Title:
- Ancient Scottish Poems. Published from the MS. of George Bannatyne. MDLXVIII [T95127] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- Advice to spond anis awin Gudes.
- Attribution:
- William Dunbar.
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
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