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What though the gathering mire thy feet besmear

DMI number:
30634
Poem Aliases
Gay. Trivia.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
What though the gathering mire thy feet besmear
Last Line:
And Whitehall echoes claean your honour's shoes
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
City, Mythology, and Social order
Related People
Author:
John Gay
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Trivia (Book II). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 134-172.
Content/Publication
Title:
The art of poetry on a new plan [vol I] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.192-195
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Mr. Gay
Attributed To:
John Gay