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Retirement's hour proclaims the tolling bell

DMI number:
30556
First Line:
Retirement's hour proclaims the tolling bell
Last Line:
And for that generous tear he gained a tomb
Poem Genre / Form:
Quatrain abab and Parody
Themes:
Religion
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Relationship:
Parody Of/Parodied By
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol II] [T144397] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.65-70
Poem Title:
The Nunnery.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol II] [T202072]
Page No(s):
pp.65-70
Poem Title:
The Nunnery: An Elegy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed