Life ill preserved is worse than basely lost

DMI number:

16121

Poem Aliases

Davenant. Siege of Rhodes. Part 1.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Life ill preserved is worse than basely lost

Last Line:

-

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts

Related People

Author:

Sir William Davenant

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Siege of Rhodes Part 1 Fifth Entry. Works (1673).

Content/Publication

Title:

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 II] [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.167

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Sir W. Davenant's Siege of Rhodes

Attributed To:

Sir William Davenant