How poor a thing is man whom death itself
- DMI number:
- 16412
- First Line:
- How poor a thing is man whom death itself
- Last Line:
- In cruel sport shoot miseries
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Thomas Randolph
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Randolph (1632): 64 (extract from 'The Jealous Lovers', Act 4, Scene 5).
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.217
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Randolph's Jealous Lovers
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Randolph
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