Love gives esteem and then he gives desert
- DMI number:
- 19412
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Love gives esteem and then he gives desert
- Last Line:
- But plains and levels all
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Love
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Marriage A La Mode Act 3 Scene 1. Calif. XI (1978): 257, 266.
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.218
- Poem Title:
- Protestations of Love.
- Attribution:
- Dryd.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- 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.231
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Ma. A-la-mode.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Marriage a la mode.
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