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Document Reference	Pw V 342
Title	MS poem, entitled 'On Mr Gay', by Alexander Pope; n.d [post 1732].
Date	(1732)
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 10 lines. In l 6 'belov'd' is interlineated above 'unblam'd'; on l 10 a reference indicates insertion of 'pensive', but the alternative 'aking' has not been cancelled. Epitaph to the poet and dramatist John Gay inscribed on a monument in Westminster Abbey.
Title Of Work	On Mr Gay
First Line of Poem	Severe of Morals, of Affections Mild
Last Line of Poem	(striking their pensive aking Bosoms), here lies Gay
Language	English
Physical Description	One quarto Physical match: Pw V 334 (dimensions) & Pw V 341 (dimensions) & Pw V 343 (dimensions) & Pw V 344 (dimensions) Physical match: Pw V 345 (dimensions) & Pw V 346 (dimensions) & Pw V 347 (dimensions) & Pw V 348 (dimensions) & Pw V 349 (dimensions)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield (top half only), 48 x 50 mm
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material	Index, ELM III, PoA 139
Related Material	For other concordances see Index, ELM, III, PoA 136-38
Publication Note	The Works of Mr Alexander Pope, vol II (London, 1735)
Publication Note	Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, p 349-51.