I saw the burning centre
- DMI number:
- 19052
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- I saw the burning centre
- Last Line:
- And plunged by red hot tongues of snaky furies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Hell
- Author:
- John Dennis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from 'Appius and Virginia' Act 2 Scene 1. Dennis (1718) II: 211-286.
- 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):
- pp.170-171
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Den. Ap. Virg.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
Poem Aliases
Appius and Virginia.
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