Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow
- DMI number:
- 15879
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow
- Last Line:
- That scalds with safety
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 2 Henry IV Act 4 Scene 3.
- 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):
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear's Second Part of King Henry IV
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. 2 Henry IV.
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