On what strange grounds we build our hopes and fears
- DMI number:
- 18872
- First Line:
- On what strange grounds we build our hopes and fears
- Last Line:
- If ill tis ours if good the act of heaven
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- Thomas Shadwell
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: extract from The Tempest Act 3 Scene 4.
- First Line:
- Heaven has to all allotted soon or late
- Last Line:
- If ill tis ours if good the act of heaven
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- 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.128
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryd. Temp.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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