It is a woman's falsest vainest pride

DMI number:

18567

Poem Aliases

Southerne. Disappointment. Act 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

It is a woman's falsest vainest pride

Last Line:

In vain we strive the blessing will come home

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Sex and bawdy humour

Related People

Author:

Thomas Southerne

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Southerne (1713): I, 151 (extract from 'The Disappointment', Act 5, Scene 2).

Content/Publication

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.61

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ibid [i.e. South. Disap.]

Attributed To:

Thomas Southerne