Why then you princes
- DMI number:
- 37411
- First Line:
- Why then you princes
- Last Line:
- Lies rich in virtue and unmingled
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence, The monarchy (heads of state), and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.279-280
- Poem Title:
- Adversity the Test of real Merit. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.262
- Poem Title:
- Adversity the Test of real Merit. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.262
- Poem Title:
- Adversity the Test of real Merit. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.262
- Poem Title:
- Adversity the Test of real Merit. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
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