Court promises let wise men count them cursed
- DMI number:
- 17341
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Court promises let wise men count them cursed
- Last Line:
- For while you live he that scores best pays worst
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work, Verse-drama, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts[Promises], Corruption, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Webster
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Gunby et al. (1995-2007): I, 234 (extract from 'The White Devil', Act 5, Scene 3).
- Title:
- [vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Webster's White Devil
- Attributed To:
- John Webster
Poem Aliases
Webster. White Devil. Act 5.
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