Poems on affairs of state from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-------st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Esq; Mr. Milton, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, Mr. Waller. Mr. Ayloffe, &c. With some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed. Now carefully examined with the originals, and published without any castration.
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Poems on affairs of state from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-------st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Esq; Mr. Milton, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, Mr. Waller. Mr. Ayloffe, &c. With some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed. Now carefully examined with the originals, and published without any castration.
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[London :: s.n.],
Printed in the year 1697.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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"Poems on affairs of state from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-------st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Esq; Mr. Milton, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, Mr. Waller. Mr. Ayloffe, &c. With some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed. Now carefully examined with the originals, and published without any castration." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a55276.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 26, 2024.
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The Parliament-House to be Lett, 1678.
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HEre's a House to be lett,For C—s S—d swore,On Portsmouth's bare Arse,He wou'd shut up the Door.
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Inquire at the LodgingsNext Door to the Pope,At Duke Lauderdale's Head,With a Cravat of Rope.
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And there you will hearHow next he will let it,If you pay the old PriceYou may certainly get it.
4.
He holds it in Tail,From his Father, who fastDid keep it long shut,But paid for't at last.
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