O hard estate of empire wretched kings
- DMI number:
- 19233
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- O hard estate of empire wretched kings
- Last Line:
- And make injustice necessary
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Loyal General' Act 3. (1680: ESTC R20668).
- 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):
- pp.209-210
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Tate's Loy. Gen.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
Poem Aliases
The Loyal General.
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