I loved her first and cannot quit my claim
- DMI number:
- 18726
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- I loved her first and cannot quit my claim
- Last Line:
- But will preserve the birthright of my passion
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Love
- Author:
- Thomas Otway
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Orphan: Or, the Unhappy Marriage' Act 1 Scene 1. Otway (1712) II.
- 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):
- p.97
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Otw. Orph.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Otway
Poem Aliases
Otway. Orphan.
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