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Seek you to train your favourite boy

DMI number:
24906
First Line:
Seek you to train your favourite boy
Last Line:
Mangled he falls he howls and dies
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Fable
Themes:
Animals[bull; mastiff], Fighting / conflict, and The monarchy (heads of state)
Related People
Author:
John Gay
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 312-313.
Content/Publication
Title:
The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
Page No(s):
p.123
Poem Title:
X. The Bull and the Mastiff.
Attribution:
Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
Attributed To:
John Gay
Title:
The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
Page No(s):
p.123
Poem Title:
X. The Bull and the Mastiff.
Attribution:
Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
Attributed To:
John Gay
Title:
The Edinburgh Entertainer [T128711]
Page No(s):
pp.281-282
Poem Title:
Fable IX. The Bull and the Mastiff.
Attribution:
p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
Attributed To:
John Gay