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ON THE BURNING OF WHITEHALL IN 1698 by JONATHAN SWIFT

First Line: THIS PILE WAS RAISED BY WOLSEY'S IMPIOUS HANDS
Last Line: ON THIS DAY TYRANTS EXECUTED-ONE
Subject(s): WHITEHALL PALACE, LONDON;

Poem Sources:

ZED; A CONCLUDING ANTHOLOGY TO COREFICHE
  (1990)
 
JONATHAN SWIFT: THE COMPLETE POEMS. PAT ROGERS (ED.)
  SWIFT, JONATHAN
  (1983)
 



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