Doubt of sincereness is the only mean

DMI number:

14552

Poem Aliases

Beaumont and Fletcher. Bloody Brother.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Fletcher/Massinger. Bloody Brother.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Doubt of sincereness is the only mean

Last Line:

Not to incense it but corrupt it clean

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts

Related People

Author:

John Fletcher

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Bloody Brother Act 3 Scene 1. Bowers (1966-1996) X.

Author:

Philip Massinger

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Bloody Brother Act 3 Scene 1. Bowers (1966-1996) X.

Content/Publication

Title:

The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.228

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Beaumont and Fletcher's Bloody Brother

Attributed To:

Francis Beaumont

John Fletcher