It is the wretch's comfort still to have
- DMI number:
- 19006
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- It is the wretch's comfort still to have
- Last Line:
- And glutton like devour alone
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: extract from The Mourning Bride Act 1 Scene 1.
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.155
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Congr.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- 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.159
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Cong. Mourn. Bride.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
Poem Aliases
Congreve. Mourning Bride.
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