Thus can the flame of heaven with subtle art
- DMI number:
- 16219
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Thus can the flame of heaven with subtle art
- Last Line:
- Leave the skin whole yet quite consume the heart
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Love
- Author:
- James Shirley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Shirley (1653): 2nd pagination, 47 (extract from 'The Sisters').
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. Shirleys Sisters]
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
Poem Aliases
Shirley. Sisters.
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