Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)
First Line:
Come, come, my friends! no more delay:
Author (Last name, First):
Barrett, Stephen, 1718_1801
Title:
`An invitation to two abstemious friends (Dr. Johnson and Mr. Cave) to Bush[e]y in Herts. in the true modern strain of sinking in poetry'
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Second Line:
Last Line:
Because you neither drink nor eat.
Library:
YO
Shelfmark:
c.193
Folio:
p. 115
Ref Nbr:
Osborn C0295
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Names Mentioned:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709_1784
Cave, Edward, 1691_1754
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