He lived not there for serve himself but thee
- DMI number:
- 14126
- First Line:
- He lived not there for serve himself but thee
- Last Line:
- He wore him as a jewel in his ear
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- High society / the court and Manners
- Author:
- Thomas Randolph
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Randolph (1638): 81 (extract from 'An Elegie on the Death of that Renowned and Noble Knight Sir Rowland Cotton of Bellaport in Shropshire').
- 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. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Randoph
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Randolph
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