The king must rule and we must learn t'obey
- DMI number:
- 16865
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The king must rule and we must learn t'obey
- Last Line:
- True virtue still directs the noble way
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Social order and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- William Rowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Birth of Merlin Act 2 Scene 2. Shakespeare apocrypha.
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Birth of Merlin Act 2 Scene 2. Shakespeare apocrypha. ODBN entry (William Rowley): 'The title-page of the 1662 quarto credits Rowley and William Shakespeare, but while Rowley's part in this mix of legendary history and romance is generally acknowledged [...] Shakespeare's involvement is ruled out by an entry in the records of Sir Henry Herbert'.
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.304
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear and Rowley's Birth of Merlin
- Attributed To:
- William ShakespeareWilliam Rowley
Poem Aliases
The Birth of Merlin.
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