BIB_ID
118280
Accession number
MA 457.12
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
4 items (4 p.) ; 21.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and manuscript poems written by or attributed to Jonathan Swift. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 457 for more information.
These poems were formerly attributed to Jonathan Swift but are not in Swift's hand.
These poems were formerly attributed to Jonathan Swift but are not in Swift's hand.
Provenance
Andrew Fountaine; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1907.
Summary
Includes four poems: "A Dream" (This Morn before ye Lark had stretcht his wing), "Advice to a Painter" (With all thy skill come draw me here), "On Cupid stung by a Bee, translated from Theocritus" (When Cupid to a Beehive went), and "Love in a Snow Ball" (Strange yt my Julia's arms can throw).
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