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Document ReferencePw V 31/3 (f 5r)
TitleAutograph MS poem, entitled 'Song', by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d. [1660-80]
Date1660-1680
Extent1 f
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 31.
Autograph poem with minor revisions; text consists of 8 lines.
Title Of WorkSong
First Line of PoemAt Last you'l force mee to confess
Last Line of PoemBetray a kinder story
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionQuarto, mounted as a window in a modern leaf
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesChainlines about 24 mm apart.
Related MaterialIndex, ELM II, RoJ 372
University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 512/3
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication NotePinto, Poems of John Wilmot, p 38
Walker, The Poems of John Wilmot, p 22
First published as an additional stanza to the song 'While on those lovely looks I gaze' in A New Collection p 43

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA573Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet1647-1680
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