Affection is the savage beast

DMI number:

13426

Poem Aliases

Brandon. Virtuous Octavia.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Affection is the savage beast

Last Line:

Than he that kingdoms winneth

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]

Themes:

Manners

Related People

Author:

Samuel Brandon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Brandon (1598): C6r (extract from 'The Tragicomoedie of the Vertuous Octavia', Act 2).

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.25

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Brandon's Octavia

Attributed To:

Samuel Brandon