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Thread #113117   Message #2400839
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-Jul-08 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Neptune's Raging Fury
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Neptune's Raging Fury
Martin Parker (1600-, in 1632, composed "The Nightingale warbling forth her own disaster," or the "Rape of Philomena, and other poems best forgotten.

He wrote "Sailors for My Money," another poem which covers the same ground, verses mostly end with the line "Howe'er the wind doth blow" and titled "Sailors for My Money."

Is "Neptune's Raging Fury" a poem written by someone familiar with "Sailors for My Money," or is it an attempt by Martin Parker to improve on a first effort?