Victorious men of earth no more
- DMI number:
- 37350
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Victorious men of earth no more
- Last Line:
- Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sonnet and Octet ababccdd
- Themes:
- Beauty, Death, and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- James Shirley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Shirley (1659): 11 (extract from 'Cupid and Death').
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [2nd ed] [Vol 2] [T83735] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.226
- Poem Title:
- XX. Victorious Men of Earth.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [3rd ed] [Vol 2] [T82693] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.228
- Poem Title:
- XXI. Victorious Men of Earth.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 2] [T81998] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.229
- Poem Title:
- XXI. Victorious Men of Earth.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 2] [T83734] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.173
- Poem Title:
- XX. Victorious Men of Earth.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 2] [T84265] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.190
- Poem Title:
- XX. Victorious Men of Earth.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 2] [T84936] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.222
- Poem Title:
- XX. Victorious Men of Earth.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
Poem Aliases
Shirley. Cupid and Death.
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