As out of wormwood bees suck honey

DMI number:

15209

Poem Aliases

Dekker. Honest Whore. Part 1. Act 5.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

As out of wormwood bees suck honey

Last Line:

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Marriage

Related People

Author:

Thomas Dekker

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Bowers (1953-61): II, 90 (extract from 'The Honest Whore', Part 1, Act 5, Scene 1).

Content/Publication

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.67

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dekker's First Part of the Honest Whore

Attributed To:

Thomas Dekker