John Dow is dead and gane to rest
- DMI number:
- 35309
- First Line:
- John Dow is dead and gane to rest
- Last Line:
- But where his saul is gane I fear | Tis hard to say
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialect verse, Mock elegy, Elegy, and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Death and Virtue / vice
- Title:
- The Caledoniad. A Collection of Poems, written chiefly by Scottish Authors. [Vol 1] [T130687] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.39-42
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, on John Dow, commonly called Colonel Dow; who died at Crieff, November 1774, without making any material blank in God's creation.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J----y
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Content/Publication