I despise | These short and empty pleasures and how low

DMI number:

17196

Poem Aliases

Denham. Sophy.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

I despise | These short and empty pleasures and how low

Last Line:

Only by sense those creatures which have least | Of reason most enjoy

Poem Genre / Form:

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

Themes:

Anger, Rural life, and Social order

Related People

Author:

Sir John Denham

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Sophy Act 2 Scene 1. Banks (1929): 232-309.

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):

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Denham's Sophy

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham