He has profaned the sacred name of friend
- DMI number:
- 19162
- First Line:
- He has profaned the sacred name of friend
- Last Line:
- And promises a lie before he speaks
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Friendship and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from All for Love Act 4. Calif. XIII (1985): 87, 99 [composite]
- First Line:
- Ingrateful woman | Who followed me but as the swallow summer
- Last Line:
- And promises a lie before he speaks
- 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):
- pp.194-195
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. Dr. All for Love]
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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