But he sleeps happy

DMI number:

19286

Poem Aliases

Lee. Rival Queens. Act 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

But he sleeps happy

Last Line:

But strip the shining gods to make it rare

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Grief / sadness / melancholy

Related People

Author:

Nathaniel Lee

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from 'The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great', Act 5, Scene 1. Lee (1694): 4th pagination, 60-61.

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):

pp.214-215

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Lee's Alex.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Lee