Now my veins swell and my arms grasp the poles
- DMI number:
- 19185
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Now my veins swell and my arms grasp the poles
- Last Line:
- Tis length of rapture and an age of fury
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Joyfulness / happiness
- Author:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great', Act 4, Scene 1. Lee (1694): 4th pagination, 42.
- 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.199
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lee's Alex.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Lee
Poem Aliases
Lee. Rival Queens. Act 4.
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