Orpheus to fetch his wife did go

DMI number:

5496

First Line:

Orpheus to fetch his wife did go

Last Line:

Only let them not die in jest

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Triplet

Themes:

Death and Mythology

Content/Publication

Title:

Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]

Page No(s):

p.50

Poem Title:

The Conclusion of Green's Paradox, or a Poem on She that was hang'd, but not executed

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed