Tis a sport to our prince
- DMI number:
- 42340
- First Line:
- Tis a sport to our prince
- Last Line:
- For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | May gay flower-de-luces will flourish no more
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Topical satire, Octet ababccdd, Song with refrain, and Song
- Themes:
- Other countries[France.], Politics, Religion, and The monarchy (heads of state)[William III (Prince of Orange); Louis XIV of France.]
- First Line:
- Of a hectoring bully
- Last Line:
- That if once the brave Orange approaches too nigh | The gay flower-de-luces will wither and die
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Tis a sport to our prince
- Last Line:
- For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | My gay flower de luces will flourish no more
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A second collection of ... poems, satyrs, songs, &c. against popery and tyranny [ESTC R7993]
- Page No(s):
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- The Second Part.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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