By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
- DMI number:
- 42600
- First Line:
- By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
- Last Line:
- And on an open stage unburied lye
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Civil war / interregnum and Fate / fortune / providence[King Charles draws verses from Virgil that predict his fate]
- Translated from:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellany poems upon several occasions: consisting of original poems [ESTC R21564]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 26-7
- Poem Title:
- King Charles I. at Oxford, being at a sport called Sortes Virgilianeae, drew for his Lott some part of the 4th Eneid, abut Verse 615. and had six Verses translated by Mr. Cowley.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
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