I swear tis better to be lowly born
- DMI number:
- 13730
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- I swear tis better to be lowly born
- Last Line:
- And wear a golden sorrow
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Social order
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Henry VIII Act 2 Scene 3.
- 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.86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear's King Henry VIII
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Henry VIII.
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