Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
- DMI number:
- 18991
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
- Last Line:
- The wise man's fetter and the rage of fools
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- Thomas Otway
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from 'Alcibiades' Act 4 Scene 1. Otway (1712) I.
- First Line:
- Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
- Last Line:
- The wise man's fetter and the range of fools
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- 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.156
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Otw. Alcib.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Otway
Poem Aliases
Otway. Alcibiades.
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