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Of all the trades that ever I see

DMI number:
42497
First Line:
Of all the trades that ever I see
Last Line:
They wooed in verse and went to bed in prose
Poem Genre / Form:
Burlesque, Triplet, and Song with refrain
Themes:
City[London.], Mythology, and Trades / labour
Related People
Author:
James Smith
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Follows 'The Innovation of Penelope and Ulysses, A Mock-Poem', attributed to 'J. S.', in Wit Restor'd (1658, ESTC R32937). See also ODNB.
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Last Line:
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Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Wit and drollery. Jovial poems. Corrected and amended, with new additions [ESTC R12497]
Page No(s):
pp.219-225
Poem Title:
The Blacksmith, As it was sung before Ulysses and Penelope at their Feast, when he returned from the Trojan Warrs, collected out of Homer, Virgill and Ovid, by some of the Modern Family of the Fancies.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed