To a red man read thy read

DMI number:

41925

First Line:

To a red man read thy read

Last Line:

From a black man keep thy wife

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram, Advice, Quatrain aabb, and Proverbs / gnomic verse

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts, Characters[of people.], and Race / racism

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Relationship:

Answer To/Answered By

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

A help to discourse [ESTC R218198]

Page No(s):

p.94

Poem Title:

Epig. 3. Proverbs upon Complexions.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed