Why are those graceful sorrows on that brow
- DMI number:
- 19341
- First Line:
- Why are those graceful sorrows on that brow
- Last Line:
- Why frown those looks by nature formed to smile
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- Bevil Higgons
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Higgons (1702): 19 (extract from 'The Generous Conquerour', Act 2, Scene 2).
- 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):
- p.225
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Hig. Gen. Conq.
- Attributed To:
- Bevil Higgons
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