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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
Related People
Author:
Samuel Butler
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Probably a spurious attribution. There is no direct evidence that gives these lines to Butler.
Content/Publication
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