As in a ship some climb the shrouds t' unfold
- DMI number:
- 13356
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- As in a ship some climb the shrouds t' unfold
- Last Line:
- That from wise councils and commands proceed
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Of Old Age (Part 1). Chalmers (1810) VII: 259-267.
- 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. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.13-14
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
Poem Aliases
Denham. Of old age.
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