Here lies my wife here let her lie
- DMI number:
- 35095
- First Line:
- Here lies my wife here let her lie
- Last Line:
- Now she's at rest and so am I
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Sex / relations between the sexes, and Wit
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Not by D never collected. ascribed to Dryden in MS Harl. 7316, p.189, and no evidence that the lines were written by him (Malone, Works, 1803; I, p.395). Hammond excludes it (V, 684).
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [T124632] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph intended by Mr. Dryden for his Wife.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5465] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph Intended by Mr. Dryden for his Wife.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5466] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.127
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph Intended by Mr. Dryden for his Wife.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [N10300] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph intended by Mr. Dryden for his Wife.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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