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Why grow the branches when the root is gone

DMI number:
13895
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Richard III.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Why grow the branches when the root is gone
Last Line:
Why wither not the leaves that want their sap
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Parents and children
Related People
Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Richard III Act 2 Scene 2.
Content/Publication
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. [T131617] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.117
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Shakespear's King Richard III
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare