So the soft mother though the babe be dead

DMI number:

18906

Poem Aliases

Lee. Lucius Junius Brutus. Act 2.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

So the soft mother though the babe be dead

Last Line:

And shrieks to see them wrap it in the shroud

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Love

Related People

Author:

Nathaniel Lee

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from 'Lucius Junius Brutus', Act 2, Scene 1. Lee (1694): 8th pagination, 28.

Related Poems

First Line:

Thus the soft mother though the babe be dead

Last Line:

And shrieks to see them wrap it in the shroud

Relationship:

Variant Of

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Content/Publication

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.136

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Lee's L. J. Brut.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Lee