This wretch that loved before his food his strife
- DMI number:
- 16034
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- This wretch that loved before his food his strife
- Last Line:
- Who so loves law dies either mad or poor
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The law
- Author:
- Thomas Middleton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Taylor et al. (2007): 115 (extract from 'The Phoenix', Scene 12).
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.151
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Middleton's Phoenix
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Middleton
Poem Aliases
Middleton. Phoenix.
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