In days of yore when beasts could prate
- DMI number:
- 22599
- First Line:
- In days of yore when beasts could prate
- Last Line:
- To repel the base disturbers of his right
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Beast tale and Fable
- Themes:
- Jacobitism, Liberty, Politics, and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Translated from:
- Aesop
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Poem is a version of Aesop's fable, 'The Frogs Who Desired a King.'
- Title:
- The Theatre of Wit [ESTC T116740] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- The Parallel; Or, Briton's Alarm: A Fable from Aesop. Apply'd to the most factious People of this Nation.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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