Short syne there was a wretched miser
- DMI number:
- 15366
- First Line:
- Short syne there was a wretched miser
- Last Line:
- What use his friends make of his gear
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet, Dialect verse, and Moral
- Themes:
- Hell[Hades], Money / wealth, Religion[Divine justice], and Virtue / vice[The miser]
- Author:
- Allan Ramsay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Works (1945-1974) II: 38-39.
- Title:
- The Caledonian Miscellany ... By Allan Ramsay; and other eminent Northern Bards [ECCO] [T64190]
- Page No(s):
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- The Miser and Minos.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Caledonian Miscellany ... By Allan Ramsay; and other eminent Northern Bards. 2nd ed. [T62598]
- Page No(s):
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- The Miser and Minos.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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