Time gives increase to my afflictions

DMI number:

19007

Poem Aliases

Congreve. Mourning Bride.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Time gives increase to my afflictions

Last Line:

Then fly with joy and swiftness from me

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Grief / sadness / melancholy

Related People

Author:

William Congreve

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

LION: extract from The Mourning Bride Act 1 Scene 1.

Content/Publication

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.159

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ibid [i.e. Cong. Mourn. Bride]

Attributed To:

William Congreve