Union First Line Index of English Verse

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

First Line: Why mourns my friend! Why weeps his downcast eye?

Author (Last name, First): Shenstone, William, 1714_1763

Title: `An elegy, describing the melancholy event of a licentious amour'

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Last Line: From Jessy floating on her wat'ry bier!

Library: YO

Shelfmark: fc.132/1

Folio: p. 98

Ref Nbr: Osborn W2220

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