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Under an oak whose boughs were mossed with age

DMI number:
37431
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. As You Like It.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Under an oak whose boughs were mossed with age
Last Line:
To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead
Poem Genre / Form:
Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
Themes:
Animals, Danger, and Sleep
Related People
Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from As You Like It Act 4 Scene 3.
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.289-290
Poem Title:
A fine Description of a sleeping Man, about to be destroyed by a Snake and a Lioness. [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. [T119553] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.270
Poem Title:
A fine Description of a sleeping Man, about to be destroyed by a Snake and a Lioness. [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.270
Poem Title:
A fine Description of a sleeping Man, about to be destroyed by a Snake and a Lioness. [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.270
Poem Title:
A fine Description of a sleeping Man, about to be destroyed by a Snake and a Lioness. [Shakespeare.]
Attribution:
Shakespeare.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare