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R227899 1 Russel's Farewel Russell's Farewell Russel's Farewell YOu Lovers all both far and near, / pray listen to my moan; Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 3 AN / Answer to the Maiden's Tragedy: / OR, / The Lamentation of a Young Man, / Near Wolverhampton, for the Death of a Young Maiden; which of / late has been a great Grief and Trouble to him, for his Unkindness to / her. AN Answer to the Maiden’s Tragedy: OR, The Lamentation of a Young Man, Near Wolverhampton, for the Death of a Young Maiden; which of late has been a great Grief and Trouble to him, for his Unkindness to her. AN Answer to the Maiden’s Tragedy: OR, The Lamentation of a Young Man, Near Wolverhampton, for the Death of a Young Maiden; which of late has been a great Grief and Trouble to him, for his Unkindness to her. 1675-1675 P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back

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YOu Lovers all both far and near, pray listen to my moan; I wrong'd my Love, my only Dear, the like was never known: I prov'd indeed her fatal fall, by my Disloyalty, For which I fear in time I shall a sad Example be. Love thou art sleeping in the Grave, and I am left behind; No peace or comfort can I have, but a tormented mind:
The Heart within my Breast does bleed, no Pleasure can I see; E'er thou hadst done that bloody Deed, would I had dy'd for thee. What Protestations did I make, that I did thee adore? Yet did at last my Love forsake, and this torments me sore: Sad Torments do I under go, for my Disloyalty, The Eyes of mine like Fountains flow, would I had dy'd for thee.
The Golden Chain of Love I broke, and did my promise slight, So that at length a fatal streak, did prove thy ruin quite: When at the point of sad dispair, thou wrought'st this Tragedy; My Soul is fill'd with grief and care, would I had dy'd for thee. After a tedious long delay, we did together meet, And pitch'd upon our Wedding-day, our blessings to compleat: She waited long yet all in vain, then with a sigh said she, True Love is a tormenting Pain, no Man so false as he. I seemed unconcerned then, t[h]o' I her Heart betray'd; And never came a near her when, this Pittious Moan she made: But now my Dearest thou art dead, and I no comfort see, All Joy and Peace is from me fled, would I had dy'd for thee. I with the World could freely part, to be releasd from thrall; Now I alone do feel the smart, for thou art past it all:
While I in Storms of Grief and Woe, feel Endless Misery, This Grief I cannot under go, would I had dy'd for thee. When e'er I wander all alone, methinks her voice I hear, And sometimes with a dying groan, which kills my Heart with fear: Then do I start and turn away, as frighted wofully, And in that passion sighing say, would I had dy'd for thee. When I her bleeding Ghost behold, wrapt in a Winding-sheet; And on her Head a Crown of Gold, with voice exceeding sweet: Dear Thomas, Thomas most unkind, why do you stay? said she, Why do you tarry thus behind? make hast and follow me. Thus am I in distraction hurl'd, deny'd of quiet rest; And though I hide it from the World, my very Soul's opprest: I'd fain surrender up my Breath, to give me ease, said he, For Life is worse to me than Death, would I had dy'd for thee.
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