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The honour is overpaid

DMI number:
13776
Poem Aliases
Shirley. Contention of Ajax and Ulysses.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The honour is overpaid
Last Line:
When he that did the act is commentator
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts
Related People
Author:
James Shirley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Shirley (1659): 106 (extract from 'The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses').
Content/Publication
Title:
The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.90
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Shirley's Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for Achilles's Armour
Attributed To:
James Shirley