Of these the false Achitophel was first
- DMI number:
- 28639
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Of these the false Achitophel was first
- Last Line:
- And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Character and Couplet
- Themes:
- Characters, Corruption, Politics, and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Dryden's 'Absalom and Achitophel'. Calif. II (1972): 10-11.
- Title:
- The polite companion: containing essays illustrated with passages from the poets, orators [T202654] [Vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.328-329
- Poem Title:
- Character of Achitophel (Lord Shaftsbury, Lord Chancellor in the time of K. Charles the Second.)
- Attribution:
- Dryden's Absolom and Achitophel.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Absalom and Achitophel.
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