O Boileau had it been Apollo's will
- DMI number:
- 5043
- First Line:
- O Boileau had it been Apollo's will
- Last Line:
- And fix the jarring world with equal laws
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Other countries[France] and Poetry / literature / writing[Boileau]
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 222-3 (extract from 'A letter to Monsieur Boileau Despreau; occasion'd by the victory at Blenheim, 1704' ('Since hired for life thy servile muse must sing').
- Title:
- The diverting post, for the entertainment of town and country [P2118]
- Page No(s):
- Numb. 2 (v)
- Poem Title:
- These verses were writ on the battel of Blenheim, dedicated to Monsieur Boileau poet laureat to the French King. By M. P. and are now setting to musick
- Attribution:
- By M. P.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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