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Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

DMI number:
42320
First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Poem Genre / Form:
Topical satire, Epistle, Satire, Address, and Couplet
Themes:
High society / the court, Parents and children, Politics, and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II; Duke of Monmouth.]
Related People
Author:
John Wilmot
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Vieth (1968): 226: Noted but omitted. Elias F. Mengel considers Rochester's authorship 'unlikely' in POAS II (1965): 253.
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Content/Publication
Title:
The second part of the collection of poems on affairs of state [ESTC R10478]
Page No(s):
pp.28-29
Poem Title:
The D. of M's Letter to the K. transvers'd.
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Attributed To:
Not attributed