A poem of forty-eight lines on the vanity of earthly honours and pursuits
MS. Rawl. B. 144, p. 68
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Title
A poem of forty-eight lines on the vanity of earthly honours and pursuits
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 144, p. 68
Summary
Beg. "Farewell ye gilded follyes, pleasinge troubles, / Farewell yea honored rags, yea cristall bubbles; / Fame's but an hollow eckoe, gould poore claye, / Honor the darlinge but of one short daye."
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
Miscellaneous pedigrees, collected apparently by sir William Dugdale; and containing descents in the handwriting of himself, sir R. St. George, Guillim, Sir S. D'Ewes, Richard Gascoigne, and others
A poem of forty-eight lines on the vanity of earthly honours and pursuits
