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Here's Monmouth the witty and Lauderdale the pretty

DMI number:
21882
First Line:
Here's Monmouth the witty and Lauderdale the pretty
Last Line:
And the king for a grand politician
Poem Genre / Form:
Topical satire, Character, and Comic verse
Themes:
Humour, jokes and Politics[court of Charles II]
Related People
Author:
John Wilmot
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
The Works of John Wilmot, ed. Love, pp. 295-296. Vieth (1968): 135.
Content/Publication
Title:
The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
Page No(s):
p.341
Poem Title:
[No title]
Attribution:
Earl of Rochester
Attributed To:
John Wilmot