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To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester
[ed.] Isabella Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, and his wife Lady Mary Churchill, married William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester, on 16 April 1723. (AH)
, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford
[ed.] Lady Diana Spencer, youngest daughter of Charles Spencer third Earl of Sunderland and his wife Lady Anne Churchill, married John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, in October 1731. (AH)
.

The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells.

1 Madam, I hear, and hear with Sorrow,
2 That we're to lose Your Grace To-morrow;
3 Nor you alone, but Lady Di.
4 Where, thus deserted, shall I fly?
5 Am I condemn'd to live in Pain,
6 Till distant Autumn comes again?
7 Till Time, in Pity to my Grief,
8 Shall bring you back to my Relief?
9 Do not, relentless, let me moan;
10 O take me, Ladies, as your own!
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11 Tho' Thousands have your Rigour felt,
12 Let me your lovely Bosoms melt:
13 Since you to win my Heart have deign'd,
14 Quit not the Conquest you have gain'd:
15 Nor Marlbro's glorious Footsteps shun;
16 He always kept the Field he won.
Written at Tunbridge-Wells, August, 1730.

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Title (in Source Edition): To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford. The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells.
Author: Mary Barber
Themes: patronage
Genres: address
References: DMI 11553

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Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London: Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1734, pp. 120-121. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T42622; DMI 519; Foxon p. 45) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 3644].)

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