A thousand thoughts prey on my tortured soul

DMI number:

18688

Poem Aliases

Southerne. Loyal Brother. Act 2.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

A thousand thoughts prey on my tortured soul

Last Line:

And whirling fancy turns my senses round

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Grief / sadness / melancholy

Related People

Author:

Thomas Southerne

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Southerne (1713): I, 28 (extract from 'The Loyal Brother', Act 2, Scene 3).

Content/Publication

Title:

Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]

Page No(s):

p.90

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

South. Loy. Bro.

Attributed To:

Thomas Southerne