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The man was hanged that killed the bird

DMI number:
5776
First Line:
The man was hanged that killed the bird
Last Line:
To hang the meadows too
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Quatrain abab
Themes:
Crime, Death[Hanging], and Nature
Content/Publication
Title:
The poetical courant [P2203]
Page No(s):
No. 3 (r)
Poem Title:
Some Extempore Lines on the Execution of Jeffreys, for the Murther of Mr. Woodcock; and Meadows the Glass-grinder.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
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