Farewell the world and mortal cares
- DMI number:
- 23635
- First Line:
- Farewell the world and mortal cares
- Last Line:
- And be each other's tomb
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Octet ababcdcd and Song
- Themes:
- Love and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Aphra Behn
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- From The Feigned Courtezans, Act V, lines 287-302, where it is titled 'The Song By a Person of Quality'. Todd (1996) VI: 147.
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- Song 113.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- Song 113.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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