Oh she does teach the torches to burn bright
- DMI number:
- 18603
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Oh she does teach the torches to burn bright
- Last Line:
- That birds would sing and think the day were breaking
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Darkness
- Author:
- Thomas Otway
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from 'The History and Fall of Caius Marius' Act 2 Scene 2. Otway (1712) II. Composite poem: lines 1-2 from Shakespeare, lines 2-5 from Otway; there is crossover since Otway adapted Shakespeare's lines.
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Composite extract from Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5. Composite poem: lines 1-2 from Shakespeare, lines 2-5 from Otway; there is crossover since Otway adapted Shakespeare's lines.
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shak.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- 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.69
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shak. Rom. and Jul.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Otway. Caius Marius.
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