War destroys men but luxury mankind
- DMI number:
- 16367
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- War destroys men but luxury mankind
- Last Line:
- At once corrupts the body and the mind
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Crowne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Caligula' Act 1. Crowne (1873-4), IV: 355-426.
- 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.207
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Crown's Caligula
- Attributed To:
- John Crowne
Poem Aliases
Crowne. Caligula.
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