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Till Anacreon by thee fell

DMI number:
29865
First Line:
Till Anacreon by thee fell
Last Line:
As strong as thunder is in Joves
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet
Themes:
Death
Related People
Author:
Abraham Cowley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Waller (1905): 61: extract from Elegie upon Anacreon, who was choaked by a grape stone ('How shall I lament thine end').
Content/Publication
Title:
Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol II] [T55764] [gb]
Page No(s):
pp.38-39
Poem Title:
On Anacreon, who was choack'd by a Grape-stone.
Attribution:
Cowley.
Attributed To:
Abraham Cowley