Why Lycidas should man be vain
- DMI number:
- 23387
- First Line:
- Why Lycidas should man be vain
- Last Line:
- Dissolves to common air again
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...] and Lament
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Matthew Pilkington
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Pilkington (1730): 78-80.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [2nd ed] [T127413] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.248
- Poem Title:
- On the Vanity of Human Greatness.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [3rd ed] [39 parts] [T112124] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.248
- Poem Title:
- On the Vanity of Human Greatness.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [4thed] [T199384] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.248
- Poem Title:
- On the Vanity of Human Greatness.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous pieces consisting of select poetry, methods of improvement in husbandry, gardening, and various other subjects useful to families [T125628] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.248
- Poem Title:
- On the Vanity of Human Greatness.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- Song 202.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- Song 202.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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