When wit and reason both have failed to move
- DMI number:
- 20791
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- When wit and reason both have failed to move
- Last Line:
- Even silence may be eloquent in love
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Love and Noise / sound
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Old Batchelor Act 2 Scene 9. McKenzie I: 49.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.213
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Cong. Old. Batch.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
Poem Aliases
Congreve. Old Batchelor.
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