Chaster than chrystal on the Scythian cliffs

DMI number:

18444

Poem Aliases

Beaumont and Fletcher. Double Marriage.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Fletcher/Massinger. Double Marriage.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Chaster than chrystal on the Scythian cliffs

Last Line:

The more the proud winds court it still the purer

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Virtue / vice

Related People

Author:

John Fletcher

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Double Marriage Act 3 Scene 3. Bowers (1966-1996) IX.

Author:

Philip Massinger

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Double Marriage Act 3 Scene 3. Bowers (1966-1996) IX.

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.39

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Beau. D. Mar.

Attributed To:

Francis Beaumont