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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]
Related People
Author:
John Wilmot
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Vieth (1968): 227: Noted but omitted.
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Content/Publication
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