One night a toper strolling void of fear
- DMI number:
- 15142
- First Line:
- One night a toper strolling void of fear
- Last Line:
- Such a foul beast I'll never commit not I
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Food and drink[Drunkenness], Prison / imprisonment, Sex / relations between the sexes[Adultery], and Trades / labour[Police]
- Author:
- William King
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Variant of The Constable ('One night a fellow wandering without fear'). Chalmers (1810) IX: 298.
- Title:
- The curiosity: or gentleman and ladies repository (Part 1) [T187818] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- The surly Constable meets with his Match.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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