This is a truth so certain and so clear
- DMI number:
- 4721
- First Line:
- This is a truth so certain and so clear
- Last Line:
- The coronation day's more than a thousand years
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Ambition, Biblical history, and Politics
- Author:
- Abraham Cowley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Waller (1906): 373.
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. III] [T144915]
- Page No(s):
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- Paradox. That ambition, or the desire of rule and superiority is a virtue
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [Vol. III] [T144918]
- Page No(s):
- p.4-6
- Poem Title:
- Paradox. That Ambition, or the Desire of Rule and Superiority, is a Virtue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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