By heaven twas never well since sawcy priests
- DMI number:
- 20369
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- By heaven twas never well since sawcy priests
- Last Line:
- And into mitres cleft the regal crown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Social order
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late Act 5 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 338. Significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late Act 5 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 338. Significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.147
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sh. Tro. Cress.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Troilus and Cressida.
Dryden. Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late.
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