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. Mary Barber Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T42622 519 p. 45 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.

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To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester 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. , and Lady Diana Spencer , now Dutchess of Bedford 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. . The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen , at Tunbridge-Wells . Madam , I hear , and hear with Sorrow , That we're to lose Your Grace To-morrow ; Nor you alone , but Lady Di . Where , thus deserted , shall I fly ? Am I condemn'd to live in Pain , Till distant Autumn comes again ? Till Time , in Pity to my Grief , Shall bring you back to my Relief ? Do not , relentless , let me moan ; O take me , Ladies , as your own ! Tho' Thousands have your Rigour felt , Let me your lovely Bosoms melt : Since you to win my Heart have deign'd , Quit not the Conquest you have gain'd : Nor Marlbro's glorious Footsteps shun ; He always kept the Field he won . Written at Tunbridge-Wells , August , 1730 .