That monster expectation feeds too high

DMI number:

14603

Poem Aliases

Suckling. Against fruition.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

That monster expectation feeds too high

Last Line:

But keep us fasting if you'll have us pray

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Sex and bawdy humour

Related People

Author:

Sir John Suckling

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Against Fruition ('Fie upon hearts that burn with mutual fire'). Clayton (1971): 38-39.

Content/Publication

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.242

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Suckling

Attributed To:

Sir John Suckling