On polished springs true men of honour move
- DMI number:
- 30041
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- On polished springs true men of honour move
- Last Line:
- Of him who to strict honour is inclined
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Virtue / vice[honour]
- Author:
- Charles Montagu
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from The Man of Honour ('Not all the Threats or Favours of a Crown'). Chalmers (1810) IX: 338-339.
- First Line:
- Not all the threats or favours of a crown
- Last Line:
- Who love fierce drivers and a looser rein
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Halifax. The man of honour.
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