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Statesmen and heralds by your leave

DMI number:
12232
First Line:
Statesmen and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Poem Genre / Form:
Quatrain abab, Epitaph, and Mock epitaph
Themes:
Biblical history, Death, and The monarchy (heads of state)[William of Orange; Louis XIV]
Related People
Author:
Matthew Prior
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Wright and Spears I: 195.
Related Poems
First Line:
Heralds and statesmen by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Poems on several occasions, by Matthew Prior [2nd. edition] [T75647]
Page No(s):
p.54
Poem Title:
Epitaph made Extempore by Himself.
Attribution:
by Himself (i.e. Matthew Prior)
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior