Union First Line Index of English Verse

13th-19th 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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