| 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. |
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 |
| 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 |
| Works of Rochester and Roscommon (1707) p 100 |
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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 |