Stars fall but in the grossness of our sight
- DMI number:
- 14430
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Stars fall but in the grossness of our sight
- Last Line:
- A good man dying the earth doth lose a light
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- John Ford
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Ford (1652): 3rd pagination, E2r (extract from 'The Broken Heart', Act 2, Scene 3).
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.204
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- John Ford's Broken Heart
- Attributed To:
- John Ford
Poem Aliases
Ford. Broken Heart. Act 2.
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