Dark is the maze poor mortals tread
- DMI number:
- 1457
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Dark is the maze poor mortals tread
- Last Line:
- Than a cure worse than our disease
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sestet ababcc
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- John Sheffield
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) X: 102.
- First Line:
- Dark is the path poor mortals tread
- Last Line:
- Than tried a fatal cure much worse than our disease
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions: by His Grace the Duke of Buckingham... And other eminent Hands. [T42637]
- Page No(s):
- pp.200-202
- Poem Title:
- Chorus after the first Act.
- Attribution:
- Written by the same Hand [i.e. Buckingham], in the Year 1708
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- The Altar of Love [12 Theta 1321]
- Page No(s):
- p.141-143.
- Poem Title:
- Two of the Chorus's for a Tragedy never Acted, called, the Death of Marcus Brutus. Written in the Year 1708. Chorus after the First Act.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Sheffield's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
Poem Aliases
Buckingham. Marcus Brutus.
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