A poor old woman kept a brood
- DMI number:
- 1771
- First Line:
- A poor old woman kept a brood
- Last Line:
- And keep us thus and then complain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Possibly a much altered version of Old woman and her cats. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 332-334.
- Title:
- Fables and other short poems [II]
- Page No(s):
- f. 14r.
- Poem Title:
- The Old Woman & her Cats
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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