Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)
First Line:
The goods we spend we keep, and what we save
Author (Last name, First):
Quarles, Francis
Title:
`A riddle' [attr. Quarles by Dr. Percy Simpson; couplet]
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We lose; and only what we lose, we have.
Library:
Bod
Shelfmark:
Rawl. poet. 117
Folio:
f. 170v rev.
Ref Nbr:
Crum T0702
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