Jealousy is a noble crime
- DMI number:
- 19101
- First Line:
- Jealousy is a noble crime
- Last Line:
- A sickly drought but shows a burning thirst
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract form Amphitryon Act 4. Calif. XV (1976): 285 [Think me jealous, then. / O that I coud; for thats a noble Crime]
- First Line:
- Jealousy is a noble crime
- Last Line:
- A sickly draught but shows a burning thirst
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- 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.182
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Amph.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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