Come Alecto and lend me thy torch
- DMI number:
- 23877
- First Line:
- Come Alecto and lend me thy torch
- Last Line:
- Therefore gentlemen be merry in prose
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Death, Poetry / literature / writing[John Skelton], and Poverty
- First Line:
- Come Alecto and lend me thy torch
- Last Line:
- Therefore pray be advised and be merry in prose
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- On Mr Skelton, the merry Poet Laurat to Henry VII. and VIII. who died the 21st of June, 1529.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- St. Margaret's, Westminster.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- On Joseph Skelton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- p.361
- Poem Title:
- On John Skelton, Poet Laureat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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