I now perceive the great thieves eat the less

DMI number:

41174

First Line:

I now perceive the great thieves eat the less

Last Line:

As drops of water that are lost in the ocean

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

The monarchy (heads of state)

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.183

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Beaumont and Fletcher's False One

Attributed To:

John Fletcher

Francis Beaumont