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Subject: WILKES, JOHN (1725-1797)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DAY: AN EPISTLE TO JOHN WILKES, OF AYLESBURY, ESQ., by JOHN ARMSTRONG    Poem Text                    
First Line: Escaped from london, now four moons and more
Last Line: We march for hoxter—ever, ever yours.
Subject(s): Wilkes, John (1725-1797)


THE PROPHECY OF FAMINE; A SCOTS PASTORAL INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILKES, by CHARLES CHURCHILL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis            
First Line: When cupid first instructs his darts to fly
Last Line: "who most enjoys and best deserves, their love."
Subject(s): Class Struggle; Courts & Courtiers; Cupid; England; Fate; Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758); Scotland; Wilkes, John (1725-1797); Youth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Eros; English; Destiny