Pox fa that poultering poverty
- DMI number:
- 4603
- First Line:
- Pox fa that poultering poverty
- Last Line:
- And made him take his last good-night
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Dialect verse, Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...], and Narrative verse
- Themes:
- Money / wealth
- Author:
- Francis Sempill
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Wood, II (1991): 21-23. (Here, 'J. D. of Albany' is 'James Duke of Albany', i.e. Sempill's patron and the banisher of his poverty).
- Title:
- A choice collection of comic and serious Scots poems, both ancient and modern, by several hands [T84147] [Part I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.11-16
- Poem Title:
- The banishment of Poverty
- Attribution:
- By J. D. of Albany
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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.161-166
- Poem Title:
- The Banishment of Poverty,
- Attribution:
- By J. D. of Albany.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A choise collection of comic and serious Scots poems, both ancient and modern by several hands [T84146] [Part I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.11-16
- Poem Title:
- The banishment of Poverty
- Attribution:
- By J. D. of Albany
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Caledoniad. A Collection of Poems, written chiefly by Scottish Authors. [Vol 3] [T130687] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.16-23
- Poem Title:
- The Banishment of Poverty,
- Attribution:
- By J. D. of Albany.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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