Behold a charnel house
- DMI number:
- 18438
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Behold a charnel house
- Last Line:
- With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Scene 1.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shak. Rom. and Jul.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Otw.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Otway
Poem Aliases
Otway. Friendship in Fashion.
Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet.
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