Young heirs left in this town where sin's so rank

DMI number:

17325

Poem Aliases

Wilkins. Miseries of Enforced Marriage.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Young heirs left in this town where sin's so rank

Last Line:

Who play with them a while at length devour them

Poem Genre / Form:

Blank verse, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts, Animals[Lion], City, Danger, and Money / wealth[Heirs - Prodigals]

Related People

Author:

George Wilkins

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Wilkins (1607): E2v (from 'The Miseries of Inforst Mariage').

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.51

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Wilkins's Miseries of enforc'd Marriage

Attributed To:

George Wilkins