When Topewell thought fit from the world to retreat

DMI number:

25152

First Line:

When Topewell thought fit from the world to retreat

Last Line:

You may have forgot you was drunk when you died

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Couplet

Themes:

Death, Food and drink, and Mythology[Charon]

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Author:

Matthew Prior

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]

Page No(s):

p.126

Poem Title:

CCCCXXX.

Attribution:

M. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior