Banish all compliments but single truth

DMI number:

13987

Poem Aliases

Beaumont and Fletcher. Faithful Shepherdess.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Fletcher. Faithful Shepherdess.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Banish all compliments but single truth

Last Line:

Let them use still persuading but no art

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts

Related People

Author:

John Fletcher

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Faithful Shepherdess Act 5 Scene 5. Bowers (1966-1996) III.

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. [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.138

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Beaumont and Fletcher's Faithful Shepherdess

Attributed To:

John Fletcher

Francis Beaumont