Consider man weigh well thy frame
- DMI number:
- 34647
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Consider man weigh well thy frame
- Last Line:
- Then sinks into his native clay
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earthworm ('Laura methinks you're over nice'). Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 434-438.
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.266
- Poem Title:
- On Gardener Marlton, Aet. 58.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. The ravens, the sexton, and the earthworm.
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