These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
- DMI number:
- 20302
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
- Last Line:
- And watched by reason with gentleness
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Manners and Reason
- Author:
- Sir Robert Howard
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from 'The Vestal Virgin' Act 1 Scene 1. Howard (1692).
- First Line:
- These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
- Last Line:
- And watched by reason into gentleness
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.132
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. Howe's Vest. Virg.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
The Vestal Virgin.
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