Since all great souls still make their own content
- DMI number:
- 18519
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Since all great souls still make their own content
- Last Line:
- For nothing coveting we nothing want
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Secret Love Act 4 Scene 2 and the Indian Emperor Act 5 Scene 2. Calif. IX (1967): 181 [As great souls should, that make their own content'] & 111 [And nothing coveting, can nothing want.]
- 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.53
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Ind. Emp.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Thoughts Moral and Divine [T6265] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- Contentment.
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Secret Love.
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