How wretched is that suppliant who must

DMI number:

17165

Poem Aliases

Brome. The Mad Couple Well Matched.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

How wretched is that suppliant who must

Last Line:

Make suit to obtain that which he fears to take

Poem Genre / Form:

Blank verse, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts and The law

Related People

Author:

Richard Brome

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from 'The Mad Couple Well Matched' Act 2 Scene 1. Five New Plays (1653, ESTC R202038).

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.20

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Richard Brome's Mad couple well match'd

Attributed To:

Richard Brome