Say goddess muse for thy all searching eyes
- DMI number:
- 5898
- First Line:
- Say goddess muse for thy all searching eyes
- Last Line:
- Retiring leaves their hopes involved in endless night
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lampoon, Topical satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Politics, Religion, The monarchy (heads of state)[Anne], and Mythology[Roman]
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 796. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Author:
- William Shippen
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 796. 'almost certainly written by William Shippen'.
- First Line:
- Again my muse - nor fear the steepy flight
- Last Line:
- Nor could his virtue win a factious people's love
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of the best english poetry by several hands [vol II] [T71]
- Page No(s):
- pp.4-16
- Poem Title:
- Faction Display'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
- Page No(s):
- pp.570-584
- Poem Title:
- Faction Display'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [2nd ed] [vol 3] [T101913] [HATHI]
- Page No(s):
- pp.250-265
- Poem Title:
- Faction Displayed: A Satire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [vol 3] [T101912] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.250-265
- Poem Title:
- Faction Displayed: A Satire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [Vol. IV] [N12191]
- Page No(s):
- pp.83-98
- Poem Title:
- Faction Display'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. IV] [T144916]
- Page No(s):
- pp.83-98
- Poem Title:
- Faction Display'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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