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There was a prophecy lately found in a bog

DMI number:
4914
First Line:
There was a prophecy lately found in a bog
Last Line:
For Talbot's a dog and Tyrconnel's an ass
Poem Genre / Form:
Lampoon and Quatrain aabb
Themes:
Ireland, Politics, Personal insults, and Prophecy
Related People
Author:
Thomas Wharton
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Galbraith M. Crump considers that Wharton's authorship can be assumed, although there is 'no direct evidence'. POAS IV (1968): 312.
Content/Publication
Title:
A second collection of ... poems, satyrs, songs, &c. against popery and tyranny [ESTC R7993]
Page No(s):
p.26
Poem Title:
An Irish Prophecy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. III] [T144915]
Page No(s):
p.256
Poem Title:
An Irish prophecy
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [Vol. III] [T144918]
Page No(s):
p.229
Poem Title:
An Irish Prophecy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed