Twas on a lofty vase's side
- DMI number:
- 23100
- First Line:
- Twas on a lofty vase's side
- Last Line:
- Nor all that glitters gold
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Mock elegy and Sestet aabccb
- Themes:
- Animals and Death
- Author:
- Thomas Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Lonsdale (1984): 353-4. Lonsdale (1969): 78-85.
- First Line:
- Twas on a lofty vase's side
- Last Line:
- Nor all that glisters gold
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The comic muse [T184360] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.111-112
- Poem Title:
- The Cat drowned in a Tub.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The winter evenings companion [T128599] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.86-88
- Poem Title:
- On a Cat that was drowned by attempting to get some golden Fish, that were swimming in a China Vase,
- Attribution:
- by the Author of the Elegy in the Church-Yard.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The winter evenings companion [T176192] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.87-89
- Poem Title:
- On a Cat that was drowned by attempting to get some golden Fish, that were swimming in a China Vase,
- Attribution:
- by the Author of the Elegy in the Church-Yard.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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