Again my garret poverty is shown
- DMI number:
- 35081
- First Line:
- Again my garret poverty is shown
- Last Line:
- For like St Stephen I am stoned to death
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Death, Memory, and Wit
- Author:
- Samuel Butler
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Probably a spurious attribution. There is no direct evidence that gives these lines to Butler.
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5465] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.117
- Poem Title:
- Butler's Complaint against his pretended Monument in Westminster Abbey. Poeta loquitur.
- Attribution:
- Butler
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- Title:
- Additions to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq. [T5466] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- Butler's Complaint against his pretended Monument in Westminster-Abbey. Poeta loquitur.
- Attribution:
- Butler
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
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