Tis better not to be than be unhappy
- DMI number:
- 18947
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis better not to be than be unhappy
- Last Line:
- Fool is the stuff of which heaven makes a hero
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Oedipus Act 3 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 155-6 ['Tis better not to be than to be Creon']
- Author:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from Oedipus Act 3 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 155-6.
- First Line:
- Tis better not to be than to be unhappy
- Last Line:
- Fool is the stuff of which heaven makes a hero
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- 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):
- pp.143-144
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Oed.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden and Lee. Oedipus. Act 3.
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