I was born to die
- DMI number:
- 18623
- First Line:
- I was born to die
- Last Line:
- Into the insatiate ocean forever
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Sir Richard Steele
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: extract from The Lying Lover Act 5.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Steele's Ly. Lovers.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Steele
Related People
Content/Publication