Mercy not justice is the throne of princes
- DMI number:
- 30404
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Mercy not justice is the throne of princes
- Last Line:
- And mix our praise with gratitude and love
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice[mercy]
- Author:
- Philip Francis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Constantine: A Tragedy' Act 4. (1754: ESTC T31626).
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Constantine.
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