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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
Related People
Author:
William Dunbar
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Bawcutt (1998) I: 118-119.
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Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
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Relationship:
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Comments:
Content/Publication
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