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Ye sons of empire who in pompous hour

DMI number:
26903
First Line:
Ye sons of empire who in pompous hour
Last Line:
And own though styled a god thou art still a man
Poem Genre / Form:
Meditation and Couplet
Themes:
God, Hopelessness / vanity of life, and The monarchy (heads of state)
Related People
Author:
John Dart
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
LION: extract from Westminster Abbey, a poem ('Muse, leave a while soft Venus and her Joys').
Content/Publication
Title:
The poetical magazine or the muses monthly companion [P6525] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.266-267
Poem Title:
A Serious Thought, At The Coronation.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed