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Of a tall stature and of sable hue

DMI number:
3637
First Line:
Of a tall stature and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
Poem Genre / Form:
Lampoon, Topical satire, Satire, and Couplet
Themes:
Liberty, Politics, Religion[anti-Catholicism.], Biblical history, Corruption, Glories of past ages[Tudor age.], High society / the court, Sex and bawdy humour, and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II; James Duke of York.]
Related People
Author:
Andrew Marvell
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
POAS II (1965): 154: Marvell's authorship rejected. Listed as 'Poems of Uncertain Attribution' in Smith (2007): 462.
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Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
Relationship:
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Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
Page No(s):
p.89
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem.
Attribution:
By A. Marvell Esq;
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
Page No(s):
pp.97-101
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem.
Attribution:
By A. Marvel, Esq.
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
Page No(s):
pp.97-101
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem.
Attribution:
By A. Marvell Esq;
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
Page No(s):
pp.97-101
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem.
Attribution:
By A. Marvel, Esq.
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
Page No(s):
pp.97-101
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem.
Attribution:
By A. Marvell Esq;
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell
Title:
Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
Page No(s):
pp. 97-101
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem.
Attribution:
By A. Marvel, Esq;.
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell
Title:
Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
Page No(s):
pp. 103-8
Poem Title:
An Historical Poem
Attribution:
by A Marvell Esq;.
Attributed To:
Andrew Marvell