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When great Nassau is dead and gone

DMI number:
5889
First Line:
When great Nassau is dead and gone
Last Line:
The strangest Queendom ever was
Poem Genre / Form:
Lampoon, Topical satire, and Triplet
Themes:
Corruption, Ireland, Jacobitism, Other countries[France], Politics, Religion, and The monarchy (heads of state)[William and Mary]
Related People
Author:
Henry Mordaunt
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
LION lists author as Mordaunt, H.; Henry Mordaunt (1681-1710) seems the most likely candidate. See J. K. Laughton, ‘Mordaunt, Henry (1681?–1710)’, rev. J. D. Davies, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19164, accessed 18 May 2010]
Content/Publication
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [Vol. IV] [N12191]
Page No(s):
pp.58-62
Poem Title:
The Prophecy, 1703.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Poems on affairs of state [vol. IV] [T144916]
Page No(s):
pp.58-62
Poem Title:
The Prophecy, 1703.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed