Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles
- DMI number:
- 4874
- First Line:
- Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles
- Last Line:
- And raising civil war
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab and Satire
- Themes:
- Civil war / interregnum, Politics, and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II]
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 227: Noted but omitted.
- First Line:
- Hold fast thy sword and sceptre Charles
- Last Line:
- That killed the best of kings
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. III] [T144915]
- Page No(s):
- pp.189-190
- Poem Title:
- A caution to King Charles the second from forty one
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [Vol. III] [T144918]
- Page No(s):
- p.169
- Poem Title:
- A Caution to King Charles the Second from Forty One.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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