Draw England ruined by what was given before
- DMI number:
- 3574
- First Line:
- Draw England ruined by what was given before
- Last Line:
- Saw his ships burn and as they burnt he ------
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Topical satire, Satire, Advice to a Painter poems, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Places, Politics[Anglo-Dutch war and voting supply], and War
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Banks (1928): 327-331: considers Denham's authorship impossible. George deF. Lord describes attribution to Denham as 'a blind' to shield true authors from prosecution: POAS I (1963): 140.
- First Line:
- Draw England ruined by what was given before
- Last Line:
- Saw his ships burnt and as they burnt he ------
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
- Page No(s):
- pp.42-46
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.46-9
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.46-49
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
- Page No(s):
- pp.46-49
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.46-49
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 46-9
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 49-53
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
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