Chaste pious prudent C- the second
- DMI number:
- 15815
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent C- the second
- Last Line:
- Became their curse and punishment
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Sestet ababcc
- Themes:
- The monarchy (heads of state) and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- Andrew Marvell
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- George deF. Lord inclines tentatively towards Marvell attribution in POAS I (1963): 243.
- Author:
- John Freke
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 225: 'By John Freke'. See also Frank H. Ellis, 'John Freke and The History of Insipids', Philogical Quarterly, 44 (1965), 472-83. Ellis's findings are questioned by Vivian de S. Pinto in '"The History of Insipids": Rochester, Freke, and Marvell', Modern Language Review, 65 (1970), 11-15.
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 225: Noted but omitted.
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
- Last Line:
- Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
- Last Line:
- Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
- Last Line:
- Grown wise by wrongs we should abhor you
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
- Page No(s):
- LXII.
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- LXII.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
The History of Insipids; A Lampoon.
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