Mercy is not itself that oft looks so
- DMI number:
- 16500
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Mercy is not itself that oft looks so
- Last Line:
- Pardon is still the nurse of second woe
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 1.
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.238
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Measure for Measure.
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