Though every state by long experience finds

DMI number:

14593

Poem Aliases

Stirling. Paraenesis to Prince Henry.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Though every state by long experience finds

Last Line:

Yet such when idle are a dangerous pest

Poem Genre / Form:

Ottava rima / abababcc and Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Patriotism / glory of the British nation

Related People

Author:

William Alexander

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from A Paraenesis to Prince Henry. Chalmers (1810) V: 411-416.

Content/Publication

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):

p.239

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

E. of Sterline to Prince Henry

Attributed To:

William Alexander