EBBA 30444
British Library - Roxburghe
| Corydon and Cloris / OR, / The Wanton Sheepherdess. / Cloris a pritty Nimph one summers day / By a Brook side under a Willow lay; / It chanc’d that Corydon did there Espy her, / And took the boldness for to ly down by her: / She blusht, & call’d him rude, but still the Swain / Kept close; at last she found words were in vain, / She sighing cry'd, ah youth, what dost thou doe? / But what he did, no matter is to you. / He pleas'd her well, she after was his wife; / And now they live a happy quiet Life. | ||
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| Date Published | 1678-1688 ? | |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood. | |
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| Collection | British Library - Roxburghe | |
| Pages | 3.138, 3.139 | |
| Location | British Library | |
| Shelfmark | C.20.f.9.138-139 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | Corydon and Cloris / OR, / The Wanton Sheepherdess. / Cloris a pritty Nimph one summers day / By a Brook side under a Willow lay; / It chanc’d that Corydon did there Espy her, / And took the boldness for to ly down by her: / She blusht, & call’d him rude, but still the Swain / Kept close; at last she found words were in vain, / She sighing cry'd, ah youth, what dost thou doe? / But what he did, no matter is to you. / He pleas'd her well, she after was his wife; / And now they live a happy quiet Life. | The Second part |
| Tune Imprint | To a pleasant Play-house new Tune: Or, Amorett and Phillis. | to the same Tune. |
| First Lines | AS Cloris full of harmless Thought / Beneath the Willows lay, | God Cupid did me over=power, / and made me try too soon; |
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