EBBA 21384
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Lamenting Shepherdess: / OR, / The Unkind Shepherd. / See here the pattern of true love, / Whose Constancy out-vies the Dove; / And though forsaken, still she crys / She will be constant till she dyes. | |
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| Date Published | 1680-1682 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger, and M. Coles. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.368 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.368 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Lamenting Shepherdess: / OR, / The Unkind Shepherd. / See here the pattern of true love, / Whose Constancy out-vies the Dove; / And though forsaken, still she crys / She will be constant till she dyes. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Cloris Awake. |
| First Lines | AH! my Cruel Shepheard, / so false and unkind, |
| Refrain | Yet whilst I have breath, / I'le be constant to thee. [with variations; not final stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 204 x 293 |
| Condition | cropped bottom and top edges, torn top edge, creased and damaged surface |
| Ornament | vertical rule and cast fleurons |