Were it not better in some distant clime
- DMI number:
- 18528
- First Line:
- Were it not better in some distant clime
- Last Line:
- Is greatness power wealth honour all summed up
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The happy man / contentment
- Author:
- George Powell
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: extract from Alphonso King of Naples Act 2.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Powel's K. of Naples.
- Attributed To:
- George Powell
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