Before my father was begot

DMI number:

7613

First Line:

Before my father was begot

Last Line:

Where I got my grandmother's maidenhead

Poem Genre / Form:

Riddle and Sestet abcbdd

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Content/Publication

Title:

Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [April 1711]

Page No(s):

p.155

Poem Title:

A Paradox propos'd

Attribution:

By J. R. S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed