The world's a bubble
- DMI number:
- 42024
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble
- Last Line:
- Or being born to die
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Satire, and Complaint
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life and Manners
- Author:
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Vickers (1996): 332.
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble and the life of man
- Last Line:
- Not to be born or being born to die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble and the life of man
- Last Line:
- Not to be born or when we're born to die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A help to discourse [ESTC R218198]
- Page No(s):
- pp.241-242
- Poem Title:
- Humane Life Charactered by Francis Viscount Saint Albans.
- Attribution:
- Francis Viscount Saint Albans.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Title:
- The new help to discourse or wit mirth and jollity [ESTC R222284]
- Page No(s):
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- Humane Life Charactered
- Attribution:
- by Francis Viscount St Albanes.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Francis Bacon
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