Be wise

DMI number:

15181

Poem Aliases

Massinger. Duke of Milan. Act 1.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Be wise

Last Line:

Soar not too high to fall but stoop to rise

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Virtue / vice and Advice / moral precepts

Related People

Author:

Philip Massinger

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Edwards and Gibson (2007): I, 224 (extract from 'The Duke of Milan', Act 1, Scene 2).

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.60

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Massinger's Duke of Milan

Attributed To:

Philip Massinger