The lives of princes should like dials move
- DMI number:
- 15932
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The lives of princes should like dials move
- Last Line:
- They make the times by them go right or wrong
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- John Webster
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Gunby et al. (1995-2007): I, 157 (extract from 'The White Devil', Act 1, Scene 2).
- 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.131
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Webster, Ibid
- Attributed To:
- John Webster
Poem Aliases
Webster. White Devil. Act 1.
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