Great men by small means oft are overthrown
- DMI number:
- 14980
- First Line:
- Great men by small means oft are overthrown
- Last Line:
- He's lord of thy life who condemns his own
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Couplet, and Distich
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Robert Herrick
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Herrick (1825) I: 255.
- 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.28
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Herrick
- Attributed To:
- Robert Herrick
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