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O Portius is there not some chosen curse

DMI number:
30905
Poem Aliases
Addison. Cato.
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
Related People
Author:
Joseph Addison
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Composite extract from Cato Act 1 Scene 1. Chalmers (1810) IX: 576-597.
Content/Publication
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