They had rather drown their substance
- DMI number:
- 13825
- First Line:
- They had rather drown their substance
- Last Line:
- Built with God's finger and instilled his temple
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Architecture / buildings
- Author:
- George Chapman
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Holaday (1987): 453 (extract from 'The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, Act 1, Scene 1).
- 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.100
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Chapman's Revenge of Bussey D'ambois
- Attributed To:
- George Chapman
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