John Gilpin was a citizen
- DMI number:
- 30597
- First Line:
- John Gilpin was a citizen
- Last Line:
- May I be there to see
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ballad, Narrative verse, Quatrain abcb, and Comic verse
- Themes:
- Marriage and Travel
- Author:
- William Cowper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Poetical Works, III: 295.
- Title:
- Poems for young ladies [N12188]
- Page No(s):
- pp.237-247
- Poem Title:
- The History of John Gilpin, Of Cheapside. A Droll Story, read by Mr. Henderson, with great Applause, at Free Mason's Tavern.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems for young ladies [T173369]
- Page No(s):
- pp.238-248
- Poem Title:
- The History of John Gilpin, Of Cheapside. A Droll Story, read by Mr. Henderson, with great Applause, at Free Mason's Tavern.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol IV] [T144397] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.305
- Poem Title:
- The Entertaining and Facetious History of John Gilpin. To the Tune of - Chevy Chace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.373-380
- Poem Title:
- The diverting History of John Gilpin; shewing, how he went farther than he intended, and came safe Home again. [Cowper.]
- Attribution:
- Cowper.
- Attributed To:
- William Cowper
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.373-380
- Poem Title:
- The diverting History of John Gilpin; shewing, how he went farther than he intended, and came safe Home again. [Cowper.]
- Attribution:
- Cowper.
- Attributed To:
- William Cowper
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