Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise
- DMI number:
- 5430
- First Line:
- Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise
- Last Line:
- To live by ale should die at last in grains
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Burlesque, Couplet, Mock elegy, and Anti- / mock-pastoral
- Themes:
- Death, Food and drink[Ale], and Trades / labour
- Author:
- Edward Ward
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- LION
- Title:
- The diverting muse [ESTC P6354, T200954] [Part V]
- Page No(s):
- pp.171-181
- Poem Title:
- An elegy upon Gammar Bouncly, a most famous breweress of noble ale in the Peak in Derbyshire. Who unfortunately smoother'd herself in her own mashing tub written in burlesque of a bombast pastoral, upon the death of a beautiful lady of considerable quality.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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