My torch is out and the world stands before me
- DMI number:
- 18678
- First Line:
- My torch is out and the world stands before me
- Last Line:
- I'll lay me down and stay no further on
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from All for Love Act 5. Calif. XIII (1985): 102.
- 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.87
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. All for Love.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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