O Portius is there not some chosen curse
- DMI number:
- 30905
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- O Portius is there not some chosen curse
- Last Line:
- Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epic and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Anger, Mythology[Homer], Patriotism / glory of the British nation, and War
- Author:
- Joseph Addison
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Composite extract from Cato Act 1 Scene 1. Chalmers (1810) IX: 576-597.
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.121
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Addison. Cato.
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