Reader I was born and cried
- DMI number:
- 16852
- First Line:
- Reader I was born and cried
- Last Line:
- I left the common-wealth my heir
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history[Julius Caesar - Romulus], Politics, and Scatological humour / bodily functions[Farting]
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 791. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works of his late excellency Matthew Prior [ECCO] [T75653]
- Page No(s):
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- On a Fart, let in the House of Commons.
- Attribution:
- Matthew Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75638] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- On a Fart, let in the House of Commons.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75645]
- Page No(s):
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- On a Fart, let in the House of Commons.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75657]
- Page No(s):
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- On a Fart, let in the House of Commons.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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