There stands a town twixt Wemyss and Leven
- DMI number:
- 21458
- First Line:
- There stands a town twixt Wemyss and Leven
- Last Line:
- Swore never to taste shell-fish again
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Narrative verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Sex and bawdy humour
- Author:
- Thomas Hamilton
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- H*******n = Haddington. See ODNB.
- Title:
- Forty select poems on several occasions [vol 1] [N18508] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.60-65
- Poem Title:
- Tale IX. The Crab.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Honourable The Earl of H*******n. [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Flowers of Gallantry, by the Earl of Rochester, and other wits... [N66946]
- Page No(s):
- pp.37-41
- Poem Title:
- Tale IX. The Crab.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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