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What means all this why all this stir to plague

DMI number:
21672
Poem Aliases
Otway. Orphan.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
What means all this why all this stir to plague
Last Line:
With me think me but dead and lay me so
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Hopelessness / vanity of life
Related People
Author:
Thomas Otway
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'The Orphan: Or, the Unhappy Marriage' Act 5 Scene 1. Otway (1712) II.
Content/Publication
Title:
Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [B] [T134540] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.357
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Ibid [i.e. Otw. Orph.]
Attributed To:
Thomas Otway