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Angels and ministers of grace defend us

DMI number:
37361
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Hamlet.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
Poem Genre / Form:
Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
Themes:
Death, Fate / fortune / providence, Grief / sadness / melancholy, Other countries, Religion, The monarchy (heads of state), Virtue / vice, and Visions
Related People
Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4.
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First Line:
Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned
Last Line:
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
Unmixed with baser matter
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
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.251-252
Poem Title:
Hamlet, on the Appearance of his Father's Ghost.
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.241
Poem Title:
Hamlet, on the Appearance of his Father's Ghost. [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.241
Poem Title:
Hamlet, on the Appearance of his Father's Ghost. [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.241
Poem Title:
Hamlet, on the Appearance of his Father's Ghost. [Shakespeare.]
Attribution:
Shakespeare.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare