The world's a bubble and the life of man
- DMI number:
- 10126
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble and the life of man
- Last Line:
- Not to be born or when we're born to die
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life and Manners
- Author:
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Vickers (1996): 332.
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble and the life of man
- Last Line:
- Not to be born or being born to die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble
- Last Line:
- Or being born to die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of select original poems and translations, chiefly on divine subjects [N27568] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- Humane Life. Corrected from an old Copy of the Lord Bacon.
- Attribution:
- Corrected from an old Copy of the Lord Bacon
- Attributed To:
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Title:
- Poems upon divine and moral subjects. Originals & Translations [T124940]
- Page No(s):
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- Humane Life. Corrected from an old Copy of the Lord Bacon.
- Attribution:
- Corrected from an old Copy of the Lord Bacon
- Attributed To:
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Title:
- Reliquiae Wottonianae: or, a collection of lives, letters, poems with characters. Also additional letters to several persons [ESTC R2126]
- Page No(s):
- pp.397-98
- Poem Title:
- The World
- Attribution:
- Fra. Lord Bacon
- Attributed To:
- Sir Francis Bacon
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