Death we should prize as the best gift of nature
- DMI number:
- 18621
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Death we should prize as the best gift of nature
- Last Line:
- Death's then a soft repose a safe retreat
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Thomas Southerne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Southerne (1713): I, 41-42 (extract from 'The Loyal Brother', Act 3, Scene 4).
- 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.72
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- South. Loy. Bro.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Southerne
Poem Aliases
Southerne. Loyal Brother. Act 3.
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