The thirst of reign and sweetness of a crown
- DMI number:
- 13442
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The thirst of reign and sweetness of a crown
- Last Line:
- Doth mean to soar above the highest sort
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Ambition
- Author:
- Christopher Marlowe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Tamburlaine the Great' Part 1, Act 2 Scene 6 (1590, ESTC S122101).
- 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):
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Marlo's First Part of Tamburlaine the Great
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Marlowe
Poem Aliases
Marlowe. Tamburlaine. Part 1.
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