From thirst of rule what dire disasters flow
- DMI number:
- 28412
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- From thirst of rule what dire disasters flow
- Last Line:
- And levels all its towering schemes in dust
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Ambition
- Author:
- Tobias George Smollett
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Regicide: or, James the First, of Scotland. A Tragedy (Act 5 Scene the Last). Chalmers (1810) XV: 557-578. Gassman (1993): 89-171.
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- Ambition
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Smollett. Regicide.
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