Pity is often like a mask
- DMI number:
- 13971
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Pity is often like a mask
- Last Line:
- To work our woes and execute their lust
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- Samuel Brandon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Brandon (1598): E4r (extract from 'The Tragicomoedie of the Vertuous Octavia', Act 4).
- 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. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Brandon's Octavia
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Brandon
Poem Aliases
Brandon. Virtuous Octavia.
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