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5.351 R183683 1 an Excellent New Tune: Or, Sefautian's Farewel An Excellent New Tune: Or, Sefautian's Farewell HOpe Farewel, adieu to all Pleasure, / no Torment so great, as Love with Dispair; title unclear: SEFAUTIAN's Farewel: / OR, / Fair SILVIA'S Matchless [Cr]uelty.; date from imprint. Pepys 5.351 Wing S2412A Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 5: 351 SEFAUTIAN's Farewel: / OR, / Fair SILVIA'S Matchless Cruelty, SEFAUTIAN's Farewel: OR, Fair SILVIA'S Matchless [Cr]uelty, Sefautian's Farewell: Or, Fair Silvia's Matchless Cruelty, 1/2 sheet folio, 277 x 175 holed, damaged surface, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules Printer J. Deacon 1688 Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-Street, without Newgate. 1688. J. Deacon Weinstein: imprint

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 2/26/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate death love vice 02/26/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/31/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked 09/17/06 Transcriber Paxton Hehmeyer Original transcription 10/22/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I. HOpe Farewel, adieu to all Pleasure, no Torment so great, as Love with Dispair; S[ilv]ia Frowns, my endeavour's to please her, and Laughs at those pains she makes me to bear: Life's my Disease, and there is no Cure but Death's cruel Dart, that must set me at ease; When I'm no more, then may she grieve for him, who while living she never would relieve. II. In the World so Charming a Creature, my Fancy tells me I never beheld; Splendid Beauty is Grace in each Feature, that with Love-Raptures I strangely am fill'd: Here I lye slain, with Darts of disdain, While Silvia's hard heart will not pitty my pain; But let her know for this her Hate, She may much Repent it when as it is too late. III. Can you be so desperate Cruel, as for your sake to let Death by my Doom? Love is like the Unquenchable Fuel, in which all my Glory and Life will consume: Still you dispise my sorrowful Crys, And over your Lover doth still Tyrannize; But when kind Death shall set me free, You may be Rewarded for this your Cruelty. IV. When the World shall read this sad Story, which here I Write with a trembling Quill; Shewing how you have blasted my Glory, Oh! will they not count you a Tyrant still:
Then let me find, my Silvia more kind, To comfort and cherish my troubled mind For if I go, to the Shades below, 'Tis you are the cause of my final overthrow. V. O my Grief is never lamented by she whom I do so dearly adore; With her Frowns I am d[a]yly Tormented, no Creature for Love sure, did e're suffer more: CUPID's keen Dart, has wounded my heart, I never, no, never, did feel greater smart; Here a poor Slave, one Smile does crave, Or else you will send him soon to the silent Grave. VI. In your Charms I dearly delighted, and ever thought you my Heaven to be; Yet by you I was evermore slighted, and now you make a poor Martyr of me: Won't you therefore, your Captive restore, Who sues for your Love, and desires no more? You may be sure, pains I endure, And 'tis in your power either to Kill or Cure. VII. In a sad and sorrowful Ditty, with Sighs and Tears I have sent forth my moan; Yet my fair one affords me no pitty, but lets me languish to Death all alone: This very Day, now I must away, Both strength, heart and spirits, with life, does decay More then untrue, Silvia was you, And therefore farewel, for I bid the World Adieu.
This may be Printed, R.P. Printed for J, Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-Street, without Newgate. 1688.