Union First Line Index of English Verse

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

First Line: While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive,

Author (Last name, First): Wesley, Samuel, 1691_1739

Title: `The following lines were written by...upon the setting up of [Samuel] Butler's monument in Westminster Abbey__Poems on sevl. occasions 4to. 1736 page 62'

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Last Line: He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.

Library: YO

Shelfmark: c.83/4

Folio: no.2038

Ref Nbr: Osborn W1640

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Names Mentioned: Butler, Samuel, 1612_1680

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Union First Line Index of English Verse

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

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