It was my lord the dextrous shift
- DMI number:
- 15683
- First Line:
- It was my lord the dextrous shift
- Last Line:
- To save mine own and others' souls
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Address and Couplet
- Themes:
- High society / the court, Manners, Money / wealth, and Patronage
- Author:
- Jonathan Smedley
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Swift Poems Project, 357- (Doubtful exchanges (parts of) with Swift)
- First Line:
- Dear Smed I read thy brilliant lines
- Last Line:
- For then your horns shall be your pride
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- First Line:
- It was my lord the dextrous shift
- Last Line:
- To save my own and others souls
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A Supplement To The Works Of The Most celebrated Minor Poets [vol. 3] [2nd ed] [T185023] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.84-86
- Poem Title:
- A Petition to his Grace the Duke of Grafton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanea. In Two Volumes. [T39417]
- Page No(s):
- pp.90-94
- Poem Title:
- A Petition to his Grace the Duke of Grafton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanea: the second volume [T39419] [partial reissue of T39417 vol. 2; reissue of T82103]
- Page No(s):
- pp.90-94
- Poem Title:
- A Petition to his Grace the Duke of Grafton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Gulliveriana: or, a fourth volume of miscellanies. Being a Sequel of the Three Volumes, published by Pope and Swift. To which is added, Alexanderiana... [ESTC T53830]
- Page No(s):
- p.108-113
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to his Grace the Duke of Grafton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- Attribution:
- author refers to himself in poem as 'Smedley' p.110
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Smedley
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