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EPIGRAMME UPON BLOOD'S ATTEMPT TO STEALE THE CROWN by ANDREW MARVELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN DARING BLOOD, HIS RENTS TO HAVE REGAIN'D
Last Line: A BISHOPS CRUELTY, THE CROWN WAS GONE.
Subject(s): BLOOD, THOMAS (1618-1680);

When daring Blood, his rents to have regain'd.
Upon the English Diadem distrain'd,
He chose the Cassock, surcingle, and Gown
(No mask so fit for one that robbs a Crown);
But his lay-pity underneath prevayl'd
And while he spar'd the Keeper's life, he fail'd.
With the Priests Vestments had he but put on
A Bishops cruelty, the Crown was gone.



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