As citizens that to their conquerors yield
- DMI number:
- 42303
- First Line:
- As citizens that to their conquerors yield
- Last Line:
- We had better have him than his pockified brother
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lampoon, Topical satire, Satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Art / painting[statue of Charles II.], Commerce, and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II.]
- Author:
- Andrew Marvell
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- George deF. Lord accepts poem's attribution to Marvell 'on the basis of its inclusion in Bodley's Marvell Manuscript (MS. Eng. Poet. d. 49)'. POAS I (1963): 266.
- First Line:
- As citizens that to their conquerors yield
- Last Line:
- We had better have him than his bigotted brother
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems on affairs of state [ESTC R23725]
- Page No(s):
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- On the Statue at Stocks-Market.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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