The rich | Have wakeful nights whilst the poor man's turf
- DMI number:
- 17237
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The rich | Have wakeful nights whilst the poor man's turf
- Last Line:
- From frigid fears all day at night with rest
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Blank verse, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama
- Themes:
- Fear, Money / wealth, Night, and Sleep
- Author:
- Thomas Goffe [Gough]
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Careless Shepherdess' Act 1 Scene 3. (1656: ESTC R6977).
- Title:
- [vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Goffe's Careless Shepherdess
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Goffe [Gough]
Poem Aliases
The Careless Shepherdess.
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