The greatest proof of courage we can give
- DMI number:
- 18530
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The greatest proof of courage we can give
- Last Line:
- Is then to die when we have power to live
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- ODNB entry: ‘The Indian Queen, written jointly with [Sir Robert] Howard’.
- Author:
- Sir Robert Howard
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Indian Queen' Act 5 Scene 1. Howard (1692).
- Title:
- The merry companion, or humorous miscellany [T178332] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.33
- Poem Title:
- True Courage.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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.54
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryd. Ind. Queen.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Indian Queen.
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