Here lies the mutton eating king

DMI number:

24632

First Line:

Here lies the mutton eating king

Last Line:

Nor ever does a wise one

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Quatrain abab

Themes:

Personal insults and The monarchy (heads of state)

Related Poems

First Line:

Here lies the mutton-eating king

Last Line:

Nor ever did a wise one

Relationship:

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Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]

Page No(s):

p.24

Poem Title:

LXXXII. Written on the Bed-chamber Door of Charles II.

Attribution:

Ear of Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot