Behold in peace and war a monarch great
- DMI number:
- 8978
- First Line:
- Behold in peace and war a monarch great
- Last Line:
- And seen his lilies dim their eagle's eye
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ten-line stanza aabbccddee, Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state) and War
- Translated from:
- Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143903]
- Page No(s):
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- Verses to be put under the King's Busto, (made by the Famous Statuary M. Girardon,) the Year the Germans took Belgrade.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143904]
- Page No(s):
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- Verses to be put under the King's Busto, (made by the Famous Statuary M. Girardon,) the Year the Germans took Belgrade.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands. [Vol II] [ECCO] [N25822]
- Page No(s):
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- Verses to be put under the King's Busto, (made by the Famous Statuary M. Girardon,) the Year the Germans took Belgrade.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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