Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
- DMI number:
- 10836
- First Line:
- Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
- Last Line:
- That it not after be thy case | Sae spend thy ain quhyle thou has space
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialect verse, Song with refrain, Quatrain aabb, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Carpe diem, and Money / wealth
- Author:
- William Dunbar
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bawcutt (1998) I: 118-119.
- First Line:
- Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
- Last Line:
- That it nocht eftir be thy cace | Thyne awin gude spend quhill thow hes space
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A choice collection of Scots poems, antient and modern, selected from the writers in this Kingdom during the two last centuries [T10015] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.141-142
- Poem Title:
- Advyce to a Man to enjoy his ain.
- Attribution:
- Quod Dunbar.
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
- Title:
- The ever green being a collection of Scots poems, wrote by the ingenious before 1600. [Vol I] [ESTC T144558]
- Page No(s):
- p.64-66
- Poem Title:
- Advice to Man to enjoy his ain.
- Attribution:
- Quod Dumbar
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
- Title:
- The ever green, being a collection of Scots poems, wrote by the ingenious before 1600. [Vol I] [ESTC T143032]
- Page No(s):
- p.64-66
- Poem Title:
- Advice to Man to enjoy his ain.
- Attribution:
- Quod Dumbar
- Attributed To:
- William Dunbar
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