Woman's the last the master stroke of nature
- DMI number:
- 21492
- First Line:
- Woman's the last the master stroke of nature
- Last Line:
- Or trust her shining smiles where deep destruction flows
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Women / the female character
- Author:
- Thomas Otway
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Heroick Friendship: a tragedy by the late Mr Otway' (1719) Act 3 Scene 1. 'An attempt was made in 1719, to pass off a contemptible tragedy, called "Heroic Friendship," as the long-sought production of Otway. The MS. was not in his hand-writing; but the internal evidence of the play was, alone, sufficient to induce the public to reject it as an impudent imposture'. Thornton (1813) I: xlix.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [B] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.328-329
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Otw. Her. Friend.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Otway
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