Union First Line Index of English Verse

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

First Line: It was my Lord the dext'rous shift,

Author (Last name, First): Smedley, Jonathan, 1671_1729

Title: `A petition to his Grace the Duke of Grafton' [answered by Swift's `Dear Smed...' pr. Dublin, 1724 (Foxon S498)]

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Last Line: To save my own and other souls.

Library: YO

Shelfmark: c.176

Folio: p. 115

Ref Nbr: Osborn I1570

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Names Mentioned: Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd duke, 1683_1757
Swift, Jonathan, 1667_1745

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