Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)
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To find a father only known by name Wretch that I am I sought the field of fame
Author (Last name, First):
Anonymous
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From an intended play on the story of Sohrab a Persan [Persian] hero son of Rustum and Tahmina, daughter to King Summunga, a city on the confines of Tartary. He left her in a state of pregnancy, which in the event of a birth of a child a bracelet she was
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Rustum!(the youth rejoins) Tahmina fair My spotless mother, named me Rustum's heir"
Library:
U. Leeds, Brotherton
Shelfmark:
Lt 100
Folio:
f. 71r (inverted)
Ref Nbr:
6154
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