But how men gain their power the gods do not

DMI number:

17254

Poem Aliases

Boyle. Tryphon.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

But how men gain their power the gods do not

Last Line:

So much regard as how tis used when got

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work, Verse-drama, and Couplet

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts, God, Politics, and Virtue / vice

Related People

Author:

Roger Boyle

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from 'Tryphon' Act 1. Boyle (1739) I: 131-254.

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.39

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

E. of Orrery's Tryphon

Attributed To:

Roger Boyle