To get their masters half a crown
- DMI number:
- 18203
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- To get their masters half a crown
- Last Line:
- They spread their flag or lay it down
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Politics
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Elephant, or the Parliament Man,' Swift Poems Project, R564 (Doubtfully by Swift)
- 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.xxxv
- Poem Title:
- Between and Elephant and a Parliament-Man.
- Attribution:
- 'the Captain' i.e. Swift
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
Poem Aliases
The Elephant, or the Parliament-Man.
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