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A pin who long had served a beauty

DMI number:
37024
Poem Aliases
Gay. Pin and the needle.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
A pin who long had served a beauty
Last Line:
Of no more consequence than you
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Fable
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts
Related People
Author:
John Gay
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 322-324.
Related Poems
First Line:
A pin who long had served a beauty
Last Line:
Are better than a pin behind
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
Page No(s):
pp.133-134
Poem Title:
XVII. The Pin and the Needle.
Attribution:
Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
Attributed To:
John Gay
Title:
The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
Page No(s):
pp.133-134
Poem Title:
XVII. The Pin and the Needle
Attribution:
Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
Attributed To:
John Gay