Death like a lazy master stands aloof
- DMI number:
- 18867
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Death like a lazy master stands aloof
- Last Line:
- And leaves his work to the slow hands of famine
- Themes:
- Food and drink
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Cleomenes Act 5 Scene 2. Calif. XVI (1998): 146 [Who like a lazie master]
- 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.126
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid. [i.e. Dryd. Cleom.]
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Cleomenes.
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