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There must be some proportion still to pity

DMI number:
13981
Poem Aliases
Fountain. Rewards of Virtue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
There must be some proportion still to pity
Last Line:
Press flies to death
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Grief / sadness / melancholy
Related People
Author:
John Fountain
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Fountain (1661): 46 (extract from 'The Revvards of Vertue').
Content/Publication
Title:
The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.137
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
John Fountain's Rewards of Virtue
Attributed To:
John Fountain