%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> An Answer to the / The Unfortunate Lady, / Who Hang'd her self in Dispair: / Containing her Lovers Lamentation for her Untimely Destiny; Together / with the Apparition of her Bleeding Ghost in his silent Chamber. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/28/2021 36752

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R31904 1 The Languishing Swain He That Loves Best Must Suffer Most The Languishing Swain VVHat dismal tydings do I hear, / The fatal ruin of my Dear, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 28 An Answer to the / The Unfortunate Lady, / Who Hang'd her self in Dispair: / Containing her Lovers Lamentation for her Untimely Destiny; Together / with the Apparition of her Bleeding Ghost in his silent Chamber. An Answer to the Unfortunate Lady, Who Hanged herself in Despair: Containing her Lover's Lamentation for her Untimely Destiny; Together with the Apparition of her Bleeding Ghost in his silent Chamber. ?-? P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, / J. Blare, and J. Back

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I. WHat dismal tydings do I hear, The fatal ruin of my Dear, Who did her dearest Life destroy, When she might not her Love enjoy. II. Which grieves me to the very Soul, In sorrow I her Death condole; No peace nor comfort can I find, The thoughts of her runs in my mind. III. Each Night when e're I close mine Eyes, Methinks I hear her dismal Cries, Saying, my Love I dy'd for thee; And then her bleeding Ghost I see. IV. Then with a Voice both sharp and shrill, She does my silent Chamber fill, And with a sigh and bitter groan, She does express her piteous moan. V. Alas! although I did appear Thus in the Chamber of my Dear, He never wrong'd his Lover, no, 'Twas Parents prov'd my overthrow. VI. I know the tender Turtle-Doves, Was ne'r more constant to their Loves, Then thee and I has been, she cry'd, And yet, alas! for Love I dy'd. VII. I was to thee as dear as Life, My Friends has caused all the strife; They sought for Wealth and Riches store, When Love had won the Field before.
VIII. 'Cause thou did'st not in Wealth abound My near Relations on thee frown'd, And I was posted straight from thee, And by that means have ruin'd me. IX. They sent me word that thou wert Wed, Which tydings almost struck me dead; Unto Dispair I straight did run, O see what cursed Gold has done! X. Then with a sigh and dismal groan, She straight departs; leaves me alone; Where I in sorrow weeping lye, To think of Parents Cruelty. XI. Sure Friends was never more to blame, How could they such a Letter frame, That I another Choice had made? By this her Life they soon betray'd. XII. She well might be amaz'd, that I Shou'd guilty be of Perjury, And leave a loyal Love at last, When many solemn Vows had past. XIII. She's gone, and I am left behind: Now since I can no Comfort find; Come Death and prove a Friend to me, O let me Dye as well as she.
FINIS. Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back.