Union First Line Index of English Verse

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

First Line: If I live to be old for I find I go down Let this be my fate. In a country town

Author (Last name, First): Pope, Walter

Title: The Wish

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Last Line: And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay

Library: U. Leeds, Brotherton

Shelfmark: Lt 99

Folio: f. 1r-7r (recto only)

Ref Nbr: 6251

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