Well died the world that we might live to see
- DMI number:
- 9224
- First Line:
- Well died the world that we might live to see
- Last Line:
- Till we shall sing thy ditty and thy note
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Elegy and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death[Elizabeth Drury] and Science[anatomy of the world]
- Author:
- John Donne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Smith (1971): 269.
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions. Written by the Reverend John Donne [T96902]
- Page No(s):
- pp.178-179
- Poem Title:
- Anatomie of the World. Wherein, by occasion of the untimely death of Mistress Elizabeth Drury, the fraily and the decay of this whole world is represented. The First Anniversary. To the praise of the dead, and the Anatomie.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Donne's name
- Attributed To:
- John Donne
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