What trifling coil do we poor mortals keep
- DMI number:
- 16899
- First Line:
- What trifling coil do we poor mortals keep
- Last Line:
- Wake eat and drink evacuate and sleep
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 687.
- First Line:
- What trifling toil do we poor mortals keep
- Last Line:
- Wake eat and drink evacuate and sleep
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works of his late excellency Matthew Prior [ECCO] [T75653]
- Page No(s):
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- Human Life.
- Attribution:
- Matthew Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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