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Though I but seventeen do declare

DMI number:
36921
First Line:
Though I but seventeen do declare
Last Line:
A parson wears a band
Poem Genre / Form:
Answer/reply, Couplet, Quatrain abab, Quatrain aabb, and Comic verse
Themes:
Humour, jokes, Objects, and Wit
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Author:
William le Tans'ur
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Attribution based on 'Beauties of Poetry', p. 178.
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Content/Publication
Title:
The beauties of poetry: or, a portable repository of English verse, on an entire new plan. [T85619] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.340
Poem Title:
Keys to the several AENigmas, &c.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed