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Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns

DMI number:
22410
Poem Aliases
Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle I. To Cobham.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns
Last Line:
Charles to the covenent Philip to the field
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Fate / fortune / providence and Politics[Charles V Philip II]
Related People
Author:
Alexander Pope
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Moral Essays: Epistle I, To Cobham. Twickenham edition III ii.
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Content/Publication
Title:
Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
Page No(s):
p.27
Poem Title:
[No title]
Attribution:
Mr. Pope
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope