Now priests whose sacred office 'tis to bring
- DMI number:
- 4326
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Now priests whose sacred office 'tis to bring
- Last Line:
- But they the breath that makes the flame inspire
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Essay and Couplet
- Themes:
- Politics and Religion
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Sophy Act 4. Banks (1928): 232-309. See also Banks (1928): 327.
- First Line:
- A tablet stood of that abstersive tree
- Last Line:
- Nor rudely skips over bishops heads like knights
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Old Chaucer like the morning star
- Last Line:
- Nor death's dark veil their day overcast
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- First Line:
- What gives us that fantastic fit
- Last Line:
- From nature both her guide and way
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.241-242
- Poem Title:
- Verses
- Attribution:
- by Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [T214159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.244-246
- Poem Title:
- Verses.
- Attribution:
- by Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
Poem Aliases
Denham. Sophy.
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