Whenever this stone now hid beneath the lake
- DMI number:
- 31985
- First Line:
- Whenever this stone now hid beneath the lake
- Last Line:
- And traiterous m-s hide their guilty head
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Prophecy
- Themes:
- Politics and Prophecy
- Author:
- Samuel Johnson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Fleeman (1971): 75; variant of 'To Posterity' with different conclusion.
- First Line:
- Whenever this stone now hid beneath the lake
- Last Line:
- Cowed kicked and trampled by a wretched horse
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the third [T139946] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Inscription found upon a Stone ploughed up in a Field in Devonshire, that was formerly a Lake.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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