Instead of these I saw the veils of power
- DMI number:
- 17247
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Instead of these I saw the veils of power
- Last Line:
- That thinks in pomp to mask her tyrannies
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Blank verse, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama
- Themes:
- Corruption, Politics, and Religion
- Author:
- Fulke Greville
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Alaham' Act 5 Scene 2. Greville (1633): 1-79.
- Title:
- [vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. 'Lord Brooke's Alaham']
- Attributed To:
- Fulke Greville
Poem Aliases
Greville. Alaham.
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