But courtiers are to be accounted good
- DMI number:
- 18553
- First Line:
- But courtiers are to be accounted good
- Last Line:
- When they are not the last and worst of men
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- High society / the court
- First Line:
- Virtue must be thrown off tis a coarse garment
- Last Line:
- When they are not the last and worst of men
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- 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):
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid. [Dr. Span. Fryar]
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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