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Document ReferencePw V 402
TitleMS poem, entitled 'Prometheus a Poem', by Jonathan Swift; [c. 1724]
Date(1724 c)
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText 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 WorkPromoetheus: A Poem
First Line of PoemWhen first the Squire and Tinker Wood
Last Line of PoemFor want of Vultures, we have Crows
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne folio
ConditionGenerally good, a little frayed
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maid and Seven Provinces Lion within fenced field, approx. 87 x 97 mm
WatermarkPro Patria
Related MaterialCrum, 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 NotePrinted 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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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA1130Swift; Jonathan (1667-1745); Dr; satirist and writer1667-1745
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