The silver moon is all over blood
- DMI number:
- 18721
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The silver moon is all over blood
- Last Line:
- And beat a thousand drums to help her labour
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Universe
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Oedipus Act 2 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 142 [The silver Moon! / A settling Crimson stains her beauteous Face! Shes all ore blood]
- Author:
- Nathaniel Lee
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from Oedipus Act 2 Scene 1. Calif. XIII (1985): 142.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- pp.96-97
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lee's Oed.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Lee
Poem Aliases
Dryden and Lee. Oedipus. Act 2.
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