If great men wrong me I will spare my self
- DMI number:
- 9222
- First Line:
- If great men wrong me I will spare my self
- Last Line:
- If good like Gods the naught are so like devils
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Epistle
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Donne
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Not in Smith. In 1635-69 edns. Grierson, I, 415 (commentary, II, cxxix); assumed to be by Sir John Roe.
- Author:
- Sir John Roe
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Grierson, I, 415 (commentary, II, cxxix); assumed to be by Sir John Roe.
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions. Written by the Reverend John Donne [T96902]
- Page No(s):
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- To Ben. Johnson, 9 Novembris, 1603.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Donne's name
- Attributed To:
- John Donne
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