Here lay an archer whom that arrow slew

DMI number:

13579

Poem Aliases

Aleyn. History of Henry VII.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Here lay an archer whom that arrow slew

Last Line:

That he was only by reflection slain

Poem Genre / Form:

Sesta rima / ababcc and Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

War

Related People

Author:

Charles Aleyn

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Historie of Henrie the Seventh. Aleyn (1638).

Content/Publication

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.50

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aleyn's Henry VII

Attributed To:

Charles Aleyn