Be mirry man and tak nocht far in mynd
- DMI number:
- 30013
- First Line:
- Be mirry man and tak nocht far in mynd
- Last Line:
- And trewth sall mak the strang as ony wall | Without glaidnes awailis no tressour
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialect verse and Octet ababbcbc
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- William Dunbar
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bawcutt (1998) I: 61-62.
- Title:
- Ancient Scottish Poems. Published from the MS. of George Bannatyne. MDLXVIII [reprint edn - T221069] [google books]
- Page No(s):
- pp.68-69
- Poem Title:
- No Tressour without Glaidnes.
- Attribution:
- William Dunbar.
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
- Title:
- Ancient Scottish Poems. Published from the MS. of George Bannatyne. MDLXVIII [T95127] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- No Tressour without Glaidnes.
- Attribution:
- William Dunbar.
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
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