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Dear Sid then why wert thou so mad

DMI number:
18200
Poem Aliases
The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Rod.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Dear Sid then why wert thou so mad
Last Line:
His next will be a rod in piss
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Objects[rod] and Personal insults
Related People
Author:
Jonathan Swift
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Rod, Swift Poems Project, 132-
Related Poems
First Line:
The rod was but a harmless wand
Last Line:
His next will be a rod in piss
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Content/Publication
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.xxxii
Poem Title:
'this Poem on the Rod'
Attribution:
'the Captain' i.e. Swift
Attributed To:
Jonathan Swift