Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
- DMI number:
- 28406
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
- Last Line:
- Poisons the soil and its best product kills
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- David Mallet
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Alfred: a Masque Act 2 Scene 3 (1740: T21215).
- Author:
- James Thomson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Alfred: a Masque Act 2 Scene 3 (1740: T21215).
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.1
- Poem Title:
- Affliction
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Alfred.
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