The spring of life the bloom of gaudy years

DMI number:

21690

Poem Aliases

Dryden. Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Shakespeare. Troilus and Cressida.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Lee. Theodosius. Act 1.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

The spring of life the bloom of gaudy years

Last Line:

And knotted into strength

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Age

Related People

Author:

John Dryden

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Composite extract from Lee's Theodosius Act 1 Scene 1 (1694) and Dryden's Troilus and Cressida Act 5 Scene 2. Calif. XIII (1985): 346. Dryden's play is significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

Author:

Nathaniel Lee

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Composite extract from 'Theodosius' Act 1 Scene 1 (1694)and Dryden's 'Troilus and Cressida' Act 5 Scene 2. Calif. XIII (1985): 346. Dryden's play is significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

Author:

William Shakespeare

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Composite extract from Lee's Theodosius Act 1 Scene 1 (1694) and Dryden's Troilus and Cressida Act 5 Scene 2. Calif. XIII (1985): 346. Dryden's play is significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

Content/Publication

Title:

The Art of English Poetry (M-Z) [T136727]

Page No(s):

p.384

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shak.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

Title:

Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [B] [T134540] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.358

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shak. Tro. Cress.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare