Sure more than barbarous was the butcher's heart
- DMI number:
- 32483
- First Line:
- Sure more than barbarous was the butcher's heart
- Last Line:
- And he who sung the larks may sing your fate
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab, Satire, and Elegy
- Themes:
- Animals and Humour, jokes
- First Line:
- Sure triple brass involved his cruel heart
- Last Line:
- And with a tender sigh lament your fate
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of original poems by Scotch gentlemen [Vol II] [ESTC T116768] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.57-58
- Poem Title:
- The Pigs, and Elegy, occasioned by seeing two that were roasting; In imitation of the Larks, an Elegy, occasioned by seeing two that were shot.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. By the Hon. Mr. A.E.].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of original poems by Scotch gentlemen. Volume II [N14984] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.57-58
- Poem Title:
- The Pigs, an Elegy, occasioned by seeing two that were roasting; In imitation of the Larks, an Elegy, occasioned by seeing two that were shot.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. A. E.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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