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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAMME UPON BLOOD'S ATTEMPT TO STEALE THE CROWN, by ANDREW MARVELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
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)
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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