Mock-georgic poem · 1716

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Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London

by John Gay

Gay's mock-georgic on London on foot — shoes, coats, weather signs, the dangers of day and night — in three books of couplets, with the tale of Cloacina and the origin of the shoeblack.

Contents · 3 parts

• Book Iabout 280 lines
• Book IIabout 590 lines
• Book IIIabout 420 lines

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