The dead are only happy and the dying
- DMI number:
- 18633
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The dead are only happy and the dying
- Last Line:
- Then slips into his shroud and rests forever
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Caesar Borgia', Act 3, Scene 1. Lee (1694): 7th pagination, 32-33.
- 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.76
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lee's Caes. Borg.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Lee
Poem Aliases
Lee. Caesar Borgia. Act 3.
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