Wretched state of kings that standing high
- DMI number:
- 15925
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Wretched state of kings that standing high
- Last Line:
- Their faults are marks shot at by every eye
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Thomas Dekker
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Bowers (1953-61): III, 335 (extract from 'Match Me in London', Act 5, Scene 1).
- 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. [vol II] [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dekker's Match me in London
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dekker
Poem Aliases
Dekker. Match me in London. Act 5.
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