Long had Britannia mourned her hopeless fate
- DMI number:
- 3142
- First Line:
- Long had Britannia mourned her hopeless fate
- Last Line:
- The world her beauty but the youth her love
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state), Patriotism / glory of the British nation, and War
- Author:
- Daniel Defoe
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Echoes Defoe's Jure Divino (1706), bk. XII, on LION 'Long had Britannia mourn'd her William's Fate'.
- Title:
- A miscellany of original poems, translations &c. [N10826] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.113-119
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Restauration of King Charles the Second. Written upon the late Peace.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman of Cambridge
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Grove; or, a collection of original poems, translations, &c. [T35894] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 113-119
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Restauration of King Charles the Second. Written upon the late Peace.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman of Cambridge
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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