I did not know thee lord nor do I strive
- DMI number:
- 7076
- First Line:
- I did not know thee lord nor do I strive
- Last Line:
- Truth is well paid when she is sung and heard
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Elegy and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Richard Corbett
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) V: 567-68.
- First Line:
- Farewell rewards and fairies
- Last Line:
- Were lost if it were addle
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- It is not yet a fortnight since
- Last Line:
- The sale of Rex Platonicus
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Let no profane ignoble foot tread here
- Last Line:
- And want a mourner at his funeral
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Let others write for glory or reward
- Last Line:
- Truth is well paid when she is sung and heard
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [T175048]
- Page No(s):
- pp.392-394
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy on the Lord William Howard, Baron of Effingham, who Died December 10, 1615.
- Attribution:
- By Bishop Corbet
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.320-322
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy on the Lord William Howard, Baron of Effingham, who Died December 10, 1615.
- Attribution:
- By Bishop Corbet.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Corbett
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