But fear in statesmen is the highest crime

DMI number:

41208

First Line:

But fear in statesmen is the highest crime

Last Line:

Make with themselves the valiant useless too

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

The monarchy (heads of state)

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] 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 III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.190

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

E. of Orrery's Mustapha

Attributed To:

Roger Boyle