The gods that in my fortunes were unkind
- DMI number:
- 15962
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The gods that in my fortunes were unkind
- Last Line:
- To despise scepters and dispose of kings
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state) and Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- ODNB entry: ‘The Indian Queen, written jointly with [Sir Robert] Howard’.
- Author:
- Sir Robert Howard
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Indian Queen' Act 2 Scene 1. Howard (1692).
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir R. Howard's Indian Queen
- Attributed To:
- Sir Robert Howard
Poem Aliases
Indian Queen.
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