What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones
- DMI number:
- 31067
- First Line:
- What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones
- Last Line:
- That kings for such a tomb would wish to die
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Carey (1997): 126-127
- First Line:
- What need my Shakespeare for his honoured bones
- Last Line:
- That kings for such a tomb would wish to die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- On William Shakespear.
- Attribution:
- J. Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- Original prologues, Epilogues, and Other pieces never before printed. [T169304] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- In Praise of Shakespear.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- On the Grave of Shakespeare, at Stratford upon Avon.
- Attribution:
- Milton,
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- On the same.
- Attribution:
- By John Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- XIV. On Shakespear:
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- On Shakespear:
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- On Shakespear:
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
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