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
- 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.'
- 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
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