Document Reference | Pw V 402 |
Title | MS poem, entitled 'Prometheus a Poem', by Jonathan Swift; [c. 1724] |
Date | (1724 c) |
Extent | 1 f |
Level | Item/file |
Content Description | Text consists of 76 lines. The last two lines of the poem are written at right angles to the preceding 15 lines.
Date suggested from the printing of the poem as a broadside in 1724. |
Title Of Work | Promoetheus: A Poem |
First Line of Poem | When first the Squire and Tinker Wood |
Last Line of Poem | For want of Vultures, we have Crows |
Language | English |
Physical Description | One folio |
Condition | Generally good, a little frayed |
Descriptive Features | Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maid and Seven Provinces Lion within fenced field, approx. 87 x 97 mm |
Watermark | Pro Patria |
Related Material | Crum, Index, W 1062 |
University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 401 |
University of Nottingham Library: |
Pw V 401 is another copy of Pw V 402 |
Publication Note | Printed as a broadside in 1724 & Aldine (ed.), Jonathan Swift, Poems (London, 1833-34), iii, p 103 & H. Williams (ed.), Poems of Jonathan Swift (Clarendon Press; Oxford, 1958 ed.) i, p 343 |
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Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA1130 | Swift; Jonathan (1667-1745); Dr; satirist and writer | 1667-1745 |