The laws are sinfully contrived justice
- DMI number:
- 40704
- First Line:
- The laws are sinfully contrived justice
- Last Line:
- To punish the example not the guilt
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Punishment
- Title:
- [vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir. W. Davenant's Just Italian.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Davenant
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