EBBA 21349
Magdalene College - Pepys
| THE / London Lads Lamentation / TO / CUPID. / OR, / When shall I my True-Love have? / All young-men must to Cupids power submit, / Courage and Wisdom, Vertue too, & Wit: / None can his mighty power & charms withstand / He, like young Beauty, always will Command: / And here young maidens easily may find, / How apt young-men are to be true & kind / Such constancy in them could scarce be found / Should men go search the Universe all round. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Back, at the Black-Boy on London-Bridge. |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.334 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.334 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | THE / London Lads Lamentation / TO / CUPID. / OR, / When shall I my True-Love have? / All young-men must to Cupids power submit, / Courage and Wisdom, Vertue too, & Wit: / None can his mighty power & charms withstand / He, like young Beauty, always will Command: / And here young maidens easily may find, / How apt young-men are to be true & kind / Such constancy in them could scarce be found / Should men go search the Universe all round. |
| Tune Imprint | To an Excellent New Tune, sung at the COURT. |
| First Lines | CLoes Face is Heav'n to me, / Like the Morning=Light we see; |
| Refrain | Cloe, since my Heav'n thou art, / Ease and cure my wounded heart. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 207 x 323 |
| Condition | cropped right edge, torn top and right edges, creased |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |