Kings raised to heaven by an unskilful pen
- DMI number:
- 15957
- First Line:
- Kings raised to heaven by an unskilful pen
- Last Line:
- Scarce look when made ill gods so well as men
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Poetry / literature / writing and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Sir William Davenant
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Poem to the King's most Sacred Majesty ('Though poets mighty king such priests have been'). Works (1673): 262-271.
- Title:
- 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 II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir W. Davenant to the King
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Davenant
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