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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
Related People
Author:
William Dunbar
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Bawcutt (1998) I: 118-119.
Related Poems
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:
Content/Publication
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