Bone and skin two millers thin

DMI number:

24728

First Line:

Bone and skin two millers thin

Last Line:

That flesh and blood can't bear it

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Quatrain abab

Themes:

Poverty

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Author:

John Byrom

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Chalmers (1810) XV: 245.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]

Page No(s):

p.39

Poem Title:

CXXXVII. The Manchester Millers.

Attribution:

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