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Thassirian king in peace with foul desire

DMI number:
9101
First Line:
Thassirian king in peace with foul desire
Last Line:
Murdered himself to show some manful deed
Poem Genre / Form:
Sonnet
Themes:
Death and The monarchy (heads of state)[Sardanapalus]
Related People
Author:
Henry Howard
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Jones (1964): 29.
Content/Publication
Title:
Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who flourish’d in the reign of Henry the Eighth... With the poems of Sir Thomas Wiat, and others his Famous Contemporaries. [T68161]
Page No(s):
p.38
Poem Title:
Of Sardanapalus dishonourable life, and miserable death.
Attribution:
Collected under Surrey's name
Attributed To:
Henry Howard