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O why is man so thoughtless grown

DMI number:
9357
Poem Aliases
Watts. Horae Lyricae.
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
Related People
Author:
Isaac Watts
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Watts, 'Horae Lyricae' (1709): 220-221.
Content/Publication
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