O witness heaven
- DMI number:
- 37449
- First Line:
- O witness heaven
- Last Line:
- May I never poorly fill the throne of England
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Liberty, Patriotism / glory of the British nation, Politics, The law, The monarchy (heads of state), Virtue / vice, and War
- Author:
- David Mallet
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- From Mallet's masque 'Alfred'.
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.304
- Poem Title:
- True End of Royalty. [Mallet.]
- Attribution:
- Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.281
- Poem Title:
- True End of Royalty. [Mallet.]
- Attribution:
- Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.281
- Poem Title:
- True End of Royalty. [Mallet.]
- Attribution:
- Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.281
- Poem Title:
- True End of Royalty. [Mallet.]
- Attribution:
- Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
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