Nature herself start back when thou wert born
- DMI number:
- 18655
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Nature herself start back when thou wert born
- Last Line:
- Thou enemy of eyes excresence of a man
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Beauty
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Oedipus. Calif. XII (1995): 126, 127 159, 158 [different lines from play: 81 is from p.126, until last line of 81 and first of 82, which are taken from p.127; p.82: line one from 127, next two from 126; last line and a half assembled from lines on 159 and 158]
- Author:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Oedipus. Calif. XII (1995): 126, 127 159, 158 [different lines from play: 81 is from p.126, until last line of 81 and first of 82, which are taken from p.127; p.82: line one from 127, next two from 126; last line and a half assembled from lines on 159 and 158]
- 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):
- pp.81-82
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lee's Oedip.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.84
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Under heading 'Deformity'.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden and Lee. Oedipus.
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