Lords' promises are mortal and commonly
- DMI number:
- 17345
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Lords' promises are mortal and commonly
- Last Line:
- Die within half an hour they are spoken
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Blank verse, Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama
- Themes:
- Corruption and High society / the court
- Author:
- Thomas Middleton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Taylor et al. (2007): 428 (extract from 'A Mad World My Masters', Act 2, Scene 6).
- 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.57
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Middleton's Mad World my Masters
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Middleton
Poem Aliases
Middleton. Mad World My Masters. Act 2.
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