Whilst great men do as tossed on th' ocean groan
- DMI number:
- 16921
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Whilst great men do as tossed on th' ocean groan
- Last Line:
- To us all things are as we think them still
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- William Alexander
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Alexandraean Tragedy Act 5 Chorus. Stirling (1637).
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.310-311
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- E. of Sterline's Alexandrean Tragedy
- Attributed To:
- William Alexander
Poem Aliases
Stirling. Alexandraean Tragedy.
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