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As when the vestal hearth went out no fire

DMI number:
3983
First Line:
As when the vestal hearth went out no fire
Last Line:
Poets and kings are not born every day
Poem Genre / Form:
Elegy and Couplet
Themes:
Death, Poetry / literature / writing, and Theatre
Related People
Author:
Jasper Mayne
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Ionsonus virbius (1638, ESTC S107894): 29-33. ODNB entry: 'To the Memory of Ben. Jonson’ was Mayne's contribution to Jonsonus virbius, the 1638 collection of poems by various hands published after Jonson's death.'
Content/Publication
Title:
A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [T93622] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.252-257
Poem Title:
To The Memory Of Ben Jonson.
Attribution:
By Jasper Mayne.
Attributed To:
Jasper Mayne
Title:
J. Cleaveland Revived [R210161]
Page No(s):
pp. 43-48
Poem Title:
An Elegy upon Ben. Johnson.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Jasper Mayne
Title:
The second part of miscellany poems [N70161]
Page No(s):
pp.165-168
Poem Title:
To the Memory of Ben Johnson.
Attribution:
By Mr. Jasper Mayne
Attributed To:
Jasper Mayne
Title:
The second part of miscellany poems [T117014] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.162-165
Poem Title:
To the Memory of Ben. Johnson.
Attribution:
By Mr. Jasper Mayne.
Attributed To:
Jasper Mayne