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Thou little tory why the jest

DMI number:
25841
First Line:
Thou little tory why the jest
Last Line:
The whiteness of the rebel rose
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Couplet
Themes:
Jacobitism and Politics
Related People
Author:
Samuel Whyte
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
The authorship of the verse in The Shamrock, the collection edited by Whyte, is uncertain. Some of the verse is by Whyte, and some by unknown others.
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First Line:
Little tory why this jest
Last Line:
The whiteness of the rebel rose
Relationship:
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Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellanea nova et curiosa: the new and curious miscellany; to which is added a collection of poems [T73638]
Page No(s):
p.291
Poem Title:
Spoken extempore to a Lady, on wearing an Orange-coloured Breast-knot.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed