O gentle sleep
- DMI number:
- 37367
- First Line:
- O gentle sleep
- Last Line:
- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Sleep, The monarchy (heads of state), Theatre, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.257-258
- Poem Title:
- On Sleep.
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- On Sleep. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- On Sleep. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- On Sleep. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
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