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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 17/Ode on the Longitude

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 (c. 1710–1730)
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While this work is included within The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift and is not attributed to anyone other than Jonathan Swift, it may have been written by another member of the Scriblerus Club. The club, which was founded in 1714, included Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay, John Arbuthnot, Henry St John, and Thomas Parnell.

1676933The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 17
— Ode on the Longitudec. 1710-1730Jonathan Swift
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ODE FOR MUSICK.

ON THE LONGITUDE.


RECITATIVO.

THE longitude miss'd on
By wicked Will. Whiston;
And not better hit on
By good master Ditton.

RITORNELLO.

So Ditton and Whiston
May both be bep-st on;
And Whiston and Ditton
May both be besh-t on.

Sing Ditton,
Besh-t on;
And Whiston,
Bep-st on.

Sing Ditton and Whiston,
And Whiston and Ditton,
Besh-t and bep-st on,
Bep-st and besh-t on.

Da Capo.


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