Too curious man why dost thou seek to know
- DMI number:
- 9415
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Too curious man why dost thou seek to know
- Last Line:
- And griefs assured are felt before they come
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Character and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- Colley Cibber
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Xerxes' Act 4 (1699, ESTC R18221).
- Title:
- The agreeable variety. In two parts [T61602]
- Page No(s):
- p.144
- Poem Title:
- Address'd to the too Curious Man.
- Attribution:
- From Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The agreeable variety. In two parts. [T61568]
- Page No(s):
- p.144
- Poem Title:
- Address'd to the too Curious Man.
- Attribution:
- From Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The agreeable variety: being a miscellaneous collection in prose and verse from the works of the most celebrated authors [T61569]
- Page No(s):
- p.144
- Poem Title:
- Address'd to the too Curious Man.
- Attribution:
- From Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Cibber. Xerxes.
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