As softest metals are not slow to melt

DMI number:

40022

Poem Aliases

Palamon and Arcite. Book 2.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

As softest metals are not slow to melt

Last Line:

So pity soonest runs in gentlest minds

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Sensibility

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Relationship:

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Content/Publication

Title:

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

Page No(s):

p.278

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dryd.

Attributed To:

John Dryden