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Alas poor Thom how oft with merry heart

DMI number:
35466
First Line:
Alas poor Thom how oft with merry heart
Last Line:
The sexton's dreary part performed on thee
Poem Genre / Form:
Occasional poem and Quatrain aabb
Themes:
Death and Theatre
Related People
Author:
Robert Fergusson
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Irving (1800): 82.
Content/Publication
Title:
The Caledoniad. A Collection of Poems, written chiefly by Scottish Authors. [Vol 2] [T130687] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.151
Poem Title:
On the Death of Mr. Thomas Lancashire, Comedian.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. Fergusson.]
Attributed To:
Robert Fergusson