By heaven I'd rather

DMI number:

19127

Poem Aliases

Dryden and Lee. Oedipus. Act 4.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

By heaven I'd rather

Last Line:

Of damned incest

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Crime and Parents and children

Related People

Author:

John Dryden

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Oedipus Act 4 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 186.

Author:

Nathaniel Lee

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Oedipus Act 4 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 186.

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.189

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Lee's Oed.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Lee