Thin in beard and thick in purse
- DMI number:
- 34847
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Apocryphal attribution.
- First Line:
- Thin in beard and thick in purse
- Last Line:
- The devil and he had both one nurse
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Epitaph on Tom a Combe.
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- For Tom A Combe, alias Thin Beard, Brother to John a Combe
- Attribution:
- said also to have been written by Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Epitaph on Tom a Combe.
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