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On shrove tuesday last I will tell you what past

DMI number:
37574
First Line:
On shrove tuesday last I will tell you what past
Last Line:
As each day brings forth bloodshed and tears
Poem Genre / Form:
Riddle, Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...], and Narrative verse
Themes:
Food and drink
Content/Publication
Title:
The muses cabinet or delights for the ladies [ESTC T128941] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.27-28
Poem Title:
Question 3d.
Attribution:
by Mr. Henry Beighton, Author of the Ladies Diary after the decease of Mr. Tipper, the first proprietor of that curious and valuable miscellany,) taken from the monthly entertainments printed in the year 1711.
Attributed To:
Henry Beighton