The fame that a man wins himself is best
- DMI number:
- 14727
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The fame that a man wins himself is best
- Last Line:
- So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Fame
- Author:
- Thomas Middleton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Taylor et al. (2007): 1460 (extract from 'Hengist, King of Kent; or, The Mayor of Queenborough', Act 2, Scene 4).
- 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.268
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Middleton's Mayor of Quinborough
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Middleton
Poem Aliases
Middleton. Hengist. Act 2.
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