Tis nought but mirth

DMI number:

16545

Poem Aliases

Beaumont and Fletcher. Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Beaumont. Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Tis nought but mirth

Last Line:

That keeps the body from the earth

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Joyfulness / happiness

Related People

Author:

Francis Beaumont

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Knight of the Burning Pestle Act 5. Bowers (1966-1996) I.

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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.247

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ibid [i.e. Beamont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle]

Attributed To:

Francis Beaumont

John Fletcher