Great prince and so much greater as more wise
- DMI number:
- 3573
- First Line:
- Great prince and so much greater as more wise
- Last Line:
- To woods and groves what once the painter sings
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Panegyric and Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology, Nature, Politics[Charles II], and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II]
- Author:
- Andrew Marvell
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Envoy to 'Third Advice to A Painter', in Smith (2007): 344-356. However, no firm conclusions over authorship: see pp. 323-24. George deF. Lord accepts attribution to Marvell in POAS I (1963): 67-87.
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Envoy to 'Third Advice to a Painter'. Banks (1928): 327-331: considers Denham's authorship impossible.
- First Line:
- Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love
- Last Line:
- Truth is thou hast drawn her in effigy
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 45-6
- Poem Title:
- To the King
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
- Page No(s):
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- A third collection of ... poems, satyrs, songs, &c. against popery and tyranny [ESTC R26292]
- Page No(s):
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-6
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 48-9
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
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