There's no true joy in such unwieldy fortune
- DMI number:
- 18739
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- There's no true joy in such unwieldy fortune
- Last Line:
- And quite forget that ever I wore a crown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great', Act 2, Scene 1. Lee (1694): 4th pagination, 25-26.
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- pp.103-104
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lee's Alex.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Lee
- 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.101
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lee's Alex.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Lee
Poem Aliases
Lee. Rival Queens. Act 2.
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