I never courted popular applause

DMI number:

17231

Poem Aliases

Massinger. Emperor of the East. Act 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

I never courted popular applause

Last Line:

In what then am I dangerous

Poem Genre / Form:

Blank verse, Dramatic monologue, Verse-drama, and Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Politics[Honesty]

Related People

Author:

Philip Massinger

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Edwards and Gibson (1976): III, 474 (extract from 'The Emperor of the East', Act 5, Scene 1).

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Massinger's Emperor of the East

Attributed To:

Philip Massinger