Kings like heaven's eye should spread their beams around
- DMI number:
- 19219
- First Line:
- Kings like heaven's eye should spread their beams around
- Last Line:
- They live like drones upon the public cost
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Aureng Zebe Act 3. Calif. XII (1995): 197.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- p.206
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Auren.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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