Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
- DMI number:
- 25781
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
- Last Line:
- Grown wise by wrongs we should abhor you
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lampoon and Sestet ababcc
- Themes:
- Politics and The monarchy (heads of state)[Charles II.]
- 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:
- Became their curse and punishment
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
- Last Line:
- Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
- Last Line:
- Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The book of fun or the quintessence of wit and mirth [T191471] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.21-25
- Poem Title:
- The Restoration: Or, The History of Insipids. A Lampoon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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