Our sultan does his power from heaven derive
- DMI number:
- 13979
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Our sultan does his power from heaven derive
- Last Line:
- For few are gained or mended by remorse
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Sir William Davenant
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Siege of Rhodes Part 2 Act 5. Works (1673).
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir W. Davenant's Siege of Rhodes
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Davenant
Poem Aliases
Davenant. Siege of Rhodes. Part 2.
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