Skip to main content

A song

Index: INDEX/BCMSV/1249

Details

Type: Index

Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/1249 (Lt 78 )

Title: A song

Author: Fountain, John

Attribution: John Fountain

Date(s): 1660 (published)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/99062

Reference

Manuscript: Lt 78

Pages: pp.161-62

Bibliographic reference: Crum N230

Description

Notes: (No no I)

First lines: No no I tell thee no

Tho' from thee must I go

Last lines: And by high h-v'ns too

Ner'e to change ner'e to change Stella's love for a new

Length: 27

Verse form: 3 stanzas, aaabbbccc

Contents: Love song in which the poet's heart tells him not to leave his beloved Stella