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Subject: SHEFFIELD, JOHN (1648-1721)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A VERY HEROICAL EPISTLE IN ANSWER TO EPHELIA, by JOHN WILMOT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Madam, / if you're deceived, it is not by my cheat
Last Line: Disturbed by swords, like damocles his feast.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Sheffield, John (1648-1721); Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of; Mulgrave, 3d Earl Of


AN EPISTOLARY ESSAY FROM M.G. TO O.B. UPON MUTUAL POEMS, by JOHN WILMOT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear friend, / I hear this town does so abound
Last Line: Of idle rumor, keep at home and write.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Dryden, John (1631-1700); Sheffield, John (1648-1721); Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of; Mulgrave, 3d Earl Of


MY LORD ALL-PRIDE, by JOHN WILMOT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Bursting with pride, the loathed impostume swells
Last Line: This knight o' th' burning pestle makes us sport.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Sheffield, John (1648-1721); Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of; Mulgrave, 3d Earl Of


OCCASIONED BY SOME VERSES OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Muse, 'tis enough: at length thy labour ends
Last Line: And I and malice from this hour are friends.
Subject(s): Sheffield, John (1648-1721); Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of; Mulgrave, 3d Earl Of