The great are like the base nay they're the same
- DMI number:
- 14973
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The great are like the base nay they're the same
- Last Line:
- When they seek shameful ways to avoid shame
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Webster
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Gunby et al. (1995-2007): I, 501 (extract from 'The Duchess of Malfi', 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Webster's Dutchess of Malfy
- Attributed To:
- John Webster
Poem Aliases
Webster. Duchess of Malfi. Act 2.
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