The greatest monarch may be stabbed by night
- DMI number:
- 29993
- First Line:
- The greatest monarch may be stabbed by night
- Last Line:
- And buy distinction at the dearest rate
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Scandal / fame / notoriety
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Swift Poems Project, 506-
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.28
- Poem Title:
- LXXVII. To a Friend, who had been abus'd by a Libel.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e., Swift]
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- To a Friend, who had been abus'd by a Libel.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Swift]
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- To a Friend, who had been abus'd by a Libel.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Swift]
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
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