On shrove-Tuesday last I'll tell you what past

DMI number:

7577

First Line:

On shrove-Tuesday last I'll tell you what past

Last Line:

But they fight it blood up to the ears

Poem Genre / Form:

Alternate rhyme [abcbdefe...] and Question

Themes:

Food and drink and Science[mathematical question]

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Content/Publication

Title:

Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [March 1711]

Page No(s):

pp.107-108

Poem Title:

Fourth Question

Attribution:

By Mr. Henry Beighton

Attributed To:

Henry Beighton