All the ambitious for the throne would fight

DMI number:

41406

First Line:

All the ambitious for the throne would fight

Last Line:

And who comes in by arms must reign by blood

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Ambition

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

pp.228-229

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Earl of Orrery's Tryphon

Attributed To:

Roger Boyle