What's royalty but power to please myself
- DMI number:
- 19222
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- What's royalty but power to please myself
- Last Line:
- And turns to sullen state
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Don Sebastian Act 2 Scene 1. Calif. XV (1976): 103.
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryd.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- pp.206-207
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Sp. Fryar.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Don Sebastian.
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