Statesman yet friend to truth in soul sincere
- DMI number:
- 1389
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Statesman yet friend to truth in soul sincere
- Last Line:
- Praised wept and honoured by the muse he loved
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Politics
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 281-2.
- First Line:
- C--m best friend to truth of soul sincere
- Last Line:
- And justly honoured by the state he loved
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- C--m no friend to truth in fraud sincere
- Last Line:
- Cursed scorned and hated even by those he loved
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Statesman made up of littleness and fear
- Last Line:
- Railed scorned and cursed at by the crowds he starved
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Statesman yet friend to truth of soul sincere
- Last Line:
- Praised wept and honoured by the muse he loved
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- This Epitaph is taken from Mr. Pope's Epistle to Mr. Addison, occasioned by his Dialogues on Medals;
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The Altar of Love [12 Theta 1321]
- Page No(s):
- [1p.]
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on the Monument of Secretary Craggs, in Westminster-Abbey
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The Altar of Love [ESTC N16438]
- Page No(s):
- [1 p.]
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on the Monument of Secretary Craggs, in Westminster-Abbey
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The altar of love. Consisting of poems and other miscellanies [ESTC N16485]
- Page No(s):
- [1 p.]
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on the Monument of Secretary Craggs, in Westminster Abbey.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The Altar of Love: [Harding C 105] [N16438]
- Page No(s):
- 1 p.
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on the Monument of Secretary Craggs, in Westminster-Abbey
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Epitaph on James Craggs.
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