A wife is man's best piece who till he marries
- DMI number:
- 21375
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A wife is man's best piece who till he marries
- Last Line:
- And none but devils violate
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Marriage
- Author:
- James Shirley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Shirley (1640): G4v (extract from 'Loves Crueltie').
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [B] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.311-312
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shirley's Love's Cruelty.
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
Poem Aliases
Shirley. Love's Cruelty.
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