Record

Document Reference	Pw V 38/23 (pp 115-17)
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Satyr', probably by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d.
Date	1680 (c)
Level	Piece
Content Description	A full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 38.
Content Description	Text consists of 36 lines and is written in imitation of Juvenal's Satire I. Ascribed to Rochester, though not accepted by modern editors as part of his canon.
Title Of Work	Satyr
Title Of Work	Semper ego auditur tantum & c
First Line of Poem	Must I with patience ever silent sitt
Last Line of Poem	Or who would bee safe and senceless as Tom Thinn
Language	English
Physical Description	For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, binding etc) of the volume in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 38.
Related Material	Crum, Index, M 573
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 41/59
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 39/19
	Other versions of the same MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol II (1965), pp 205-8
Publication Note	Works of Rochester and Roscommon (1707) p 100

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA573	Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet	1647-1680
NA573	Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet	1647-1680

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