Why dost thou heave and stifle in thy grief

DMI number:

19019

Poem Aliases

Congreve. Mourning Bride.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Why dost thou heave and stifle in thy grief

Last Line:

And woe should be in equal portions dealt

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Grief / sadness / melancholy

Related People

Author:

William Congreve

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

LION: extract from Mourning Bride Act 3 Scene 1.

Content/Publication

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.162

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ibid [i.e. Cong. M. Br.]

Attributed To:

William Congreve