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Dull awkward mimic of the great

DMI number:
18657
First Line:
Dull awkward mimic of the great
Last Line:
The cloud remains - remains despised
Poem Genre / Form:
Satire and Couplet
Themes:
Ambition, Art / painting, and Printing / publishing
Related People
Author:
Matthew Pilkington
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract w. variants from 'On the Corporations riding the Franchises'. Poems on Several Occasions (1731, ESTC T134719): 133-134.
Content/Publication
Title:
An impartial history of the life, character, amours, travels, and transactions of Mr. John Barber [ESTC T27751]
Page No(s):
p. viii
Poem Title:
Written under his Picture at Guild-Hall
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed