We must not make a scarecrow of the law
- DMI number:
- 16027
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- We must not make a scarecrow of the law
- Last Line:
- Their perch and not their terror
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The law
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Measure for Measure Act 2 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear's, Ibid
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Measure for Measure.
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