Poems on several occasions. Humbly dedicated to the right honourable the Marchioness of Tavestock. By the author.
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Title
Poems on several occasions. Humbly dedicated to the right honourable the Marchioness of Tavestock. By the author.
Author
Walwyn, Herbert.
Publication
London :: printed for William Chandler, at the Peacock in the Poultry; and William Davis, at the Bull over against the Royal Exhange in Cornhill,
1699.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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"Poems on several occasions. Humbly dedicated to the right honourable the Marchioness of Tavestock. By the author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67473.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2024.
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SONG.
POor Strephon was laidIn the Cool of a Shade,By the side of a Brook,His Sheep were all scatter'd, and broken his Hook.He sigh'd, and he wept, as he look'd on the Stream,And thrice he bow'd down, and drank from the brim:But alas 'twas in vain,It allay'd not his Pain,For 'twas Love, and not Thirst, that afflicted the Swain.
It broke off his Rest,Grew big in his Breast,And the fierce Passion would fain be exprest.
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At his Eyes it look'd out, in a Languishing Flame,And his Heart went apace, but his Tongue was to blame:For tho' he would give the whole World it were known,Yet he durst not explain it with more than a Groan.
For alas, the Dear Maid was as Rich as she's Fair,And the Shepherd, good Man, was too Mean for her Care:He was Honest he vow'd, and as other Folks say,His Heart was as large as e're yet went astray:But as big as it is, it will never be found,So cunning's the Thief, and so secret the Wound,That just as he lies, he must sink under ground.
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