He knew that those who would with love command
- DMI number:
- 15889
- First Line:
- He knew that those who would with love command
- Last Line:
- When they are led than when they are compelled
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Benjamin Jonson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from A Panegyre. Bevington (2012) II: 475-482.
- Title:
- 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 II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.125
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. Johnson on King James]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
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