Tis well he's gone O had he never been
- DMI number:
- 3679
- First Line:
- Tis well he's gone O had he never been
- Last Line:
- While here glad waves came dancing to the shore
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire
- Themes:
- Ancient history[Nero], Civil war / interregnum, Mythology, Politics, and War
- Author:
- Sir William Godolphin
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Attributed in Beinecke Library: MS pb 110 Attributed in Essex Record Office D/DW/Z3 See Jeremy Treglown, 'Scepticism and Parody in the Restoration', The Modern Language Review 75 (1980), pp. 18-47, p. 42
- First Line:
- Tis well he's gone o had he never been
- Last Line:
- While her glad waves came dancing to the shore
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
- Page No(s):
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death, called the Storm.
- Attribution:
- Written by Sir W--- G---n.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
- Page No(s):
- pp.163-164
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to Mr. Waller's poem on Oliver's Death, called the Storm
- Attribution:
- Written by Sir W----- G----n.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Godolphin
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.246-247
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death, called the Storm.
- Attribution:
- Written by Sir W----- G----n.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Godolphin
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- p.247-248
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death, call'd, The Storm.
- Attribution:
- Written by Sir W----- G----n.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Godolphin
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
- Page No(s):
- pp.246-247
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death, called the Storm.
- Attribution:
- Written by Sir W----- G----n.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Godolphin
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.247-248
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death, call'd, The Storm.
- Attribution:
- Written by Sir W----- G----n.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Godolphin
- Title:
- Poetical recreations consisting of original poems songs odes &c with several new translations. [ESTC R7698]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 53-5
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Death of Oliver Cromwell. In Answer to Mr. W----'s Verses.
- Attribution:
- 'By Mr. Godolphin.'
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Godolphin
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