He will lie like a lapwing when she flies
- DMI number:
- 16369
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- He will lie like a lapwing when she flies
- Last Line:
- Far from her sought nest still here tis she cries
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- George Chapman
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Holaday (1987): 506 (extract from 'The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois', Act 5, Scene 5).
- 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.207
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Chapman's Revenge of Bussey D'ambois
- Attributed To:
- George Chapman
Poem Aliases
Chapman. Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois. Act 5.
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