Oh who can hold a fire in his hand
- DMI number:
- 34887
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Oh who can hold a fire in his hand
- Last Line:
- Than when it bites but lanceth not the sore
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Richard II Act 1 Scene 3.
- First Line:
- Who can hold a fire in his hand
- Last Line:
- Than when it bites but lanceth not the sore
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- 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):
- p.274
- Poem Title:
- Thoughts ineffectual to moderate Afflictions.
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker [Dublin, 6th ed] [Vol 1] [N24074] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or exercises in elocution [Dublin, 8th ed] [Vol 1] [T105852] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [3rd ed] [T105857] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [3rd ed] [T207884] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [5th ed] [T105851] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [6th ed] [T105856] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin, 3rd ed] [N24073] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin, 4th ed] [T105858] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin, 5th ed] [T207885] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin, 7th ed] [T105860] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin] [T207819] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [N24068] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [N24070] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [N37015] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105848] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105849] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105850] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105855] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105859] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105921] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105922] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105923] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T199915] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [T105854] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- [vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.152
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear's King Richard II
- 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.258
- Poem Title:
- Thoughts ineffectual to moderate Afflictions. [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.258
- Poem Title:
- Thoughts ineffectual to moderate Afflictions. [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.258
- Poem Title:
- Thoughts ineffectual to moderate Afflictions. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Richard II.
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