He who contends for freedom
- DMI number:
- 37447
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- He who contends for freedom
- Last Line:
- That eats out all the happiness of kingdoms
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Corruption, Liberty, Politics, The monarchy (heads of state), and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- James Thomson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Edward and Eleonora Act 1 Scene 1 (1739: N60643).
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.302
- Poem Title:
- A Friend to Freedom can never be a Traitor. [Thomson.]
- Attribution:
- Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.280
- Poem Title:
- A Friend to Freedom can never be a Traitor. [Thomson.]
- Attribution:
- Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.280
- Poem Title:
- A Friend to Freedom can never be a Traitor. [Thomson.]
- Attribution:
- Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
Poem Aliases
Thomson. Edward and Eleonora.
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