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Oh my soul here's something tells me that these

DMI number:
16390
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. The Birth of Merlin.
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Oh my soul here's something tells me that these
Last Line:
I'll pay to him not man the love I owe
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Hopelessness / vanity of life and Manners
Related People
Author:
William Rowley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from The Birth of Merlin Act 1 Scene 1. Shakespeare apocrypha.
Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Extract from The Birth of Merlin Act 1 Scene 1. Shakespeare apocrypha. ODBN entry (William Rowley): 'The title-page of the 1662 quarto credits Rowley and William Shakespeare, but while Rowley's part in this mix of legendary history and romance is generally acknowledged [...] Shakespeare's involvement is ruled out by an entry in the records of Sir Henry Herbert'.
Content/Publication
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.213
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Shakespear and Rowley's Birth of Merlin
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare
William Rowley