Mother quoth she let not the poultry need
- DMI number:
- 22502
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Mother quoth she let not the poultry need
- Last Line:
- And peaceful like the harmless lamb she died
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Pastoral, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Trades / labour
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Shepherd's Week. Friday. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 113-118.
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- p.132
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Gay. Shepherd's Week. Friday.
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