The hoary fool who many days
- DMI number:
- 21871
- First Line:
- The hoary fool who many days
- Last Line:
- Tomorrow till tonight he dies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy, Hope, and Time
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 108 (Extract from 'To the Honourable Charles Montague' ('However tis well that while mankind').
- First Line:
- However tis well that while mankind
- Last Line:
- I Phillis but a perjured whore
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- However tis well that whilst mankind
- Last Line:
- I Phillis but a perjured whore
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The hoary fool who many days
- Last Line:
- Tomorrow till tonight he's dead
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [N21758] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T119230] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.100
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T133650] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.99
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T147647] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T147696] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T78288] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T78289] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Select lessons in verse and prose from various authors designed for the improvement of youth [T78290]
- Page No(s):
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
- Page No(s):
- p.263
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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