Fortune not reason rules the state of things
- DMI number:
- 14962
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Fortune not reason rules the state of things
- Last Line:
- Within are naught but mortar flint and lead
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- George Chapman
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Holaday (1987): 32-33 (extract from 'Bussy D'Ambois', Act 1, Scene 1).
- Title:
- 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 II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Chapman's Bussey D'ambois
- Attributed To:
- George Chapman
Poem Aliases
Chapman. Bussy D'Ambois. Act 1.
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