After Marriage, but it was Swift who inspired his best-known work and its sequel, Polly.
After publishing his first poem, Wine, he wrote a pamphlet on the Present State of Wit. His comical What d'ye Call It? was about the new Princess of Wales, while the earlier georgic Rural Sports was dedicated to his good friend, Alexander Pope. It was with Pope and Arbuthnot that he wrote Three Hours After Marriage, but it was Swift who inspired his best-known work and its sequel, Polly. FTP, name this author of the 1728 ballad work, The Beggar's Opera.
After publishing his first poem, Wine, he wrote a pamphlet on the Present State of Wit.
John {Gay}