O why is man so thoughtless grown
- DMI number:
- 9357
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- O why is man so thoughtless grown
- Last Line:
- Drops in the ditch despairs and dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Death and War
- Author:
- Isaac Watts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Watts, 'Horae Lyricae' (1709): 220-221.
- Title:
- The Bee. A Collection of choice poems [Part II] [N32537]
- Page No(s):
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- The Hardy Soldier.
- Attribution:
- Watts. To the right honourable John Lord Cutts, at the siege of Namur. ap. Horae Lyricae. l. 2. p. 167. Edit. II. p. 220.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Watts
Poem Aliases
Watts. Horae Lyricae.
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