How vain is man how fickle his estate
- DMI number:
- 17545
- First Line:
- How vain is man how fickle his estate
- Last Line:
- Ere he began his reign
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...], Elegy, Epitaph, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Jacobitism, and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- James Dodd
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The troopers merry miscellany. Or poems on several occasions. [ESTC T69549]
- Page No(s):
- p.18-20
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written at Dublin on the Report of the Pretender's Death, 1717.
- Attribution:
- Dodd claims authorship in Preface
- Attributed To:
- James Dodd
- Title:
- The troopers merry miscellany. Or poems on several occasions. The second edition. [T67022]
- Page No(s):
- p.18-20
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written at Dublin on the Report of the Pretender's Death, 1717.
- Attribution:
- Attributed on title page 'By James Dodd'
- Attributed To:
- James Dodd
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