A stiff starched virgin of unblemished fame
- DMI number:
- 34857
- First Line:
- A stiff starched virgin of unblemished fame
- Last Line:
- Aged but thee and fifty here she lies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death and Age
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Written with Chalk upon the Tombstone of an Old Maid, who a little before her Death declared she was but 53 (though it was known she was at least 60) and her Age was engraven on the Stone 53 accordingly.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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