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Title: Song
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1750
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song on the impossibility of hiding his love or of gaining a favourable response to it; published in 1790 with a date of 1750
Title: Song
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1749 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Love song in which the woman explains she has been making trial of her lover, feigning disdain to test his constancy; printed in 'Six new English songs'
Title: Song
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song on the ease with which it is possible to gain the love, if not the body, of a fashionable young lady
Title: Song
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Satirical drinking song in which the honesty of the friendship between drinkers is contrasted with the corruption of politics
Title: Song
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song in which a young compares her feelings at being abandoned by her lover, Strephon, with a flower deprived of sunlight
Title: Song
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1750 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the games that two lovers play, both feigning disinterest in order to provoke the other's love; printed in 'A collection of English ballads', 1750, having been sung by John Beard
Title: Song in Dioclesian
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1758 ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song requesting happiness in love, perhaps sung in the 1758 revival of the dramatic opera 'The Prophetess, or, The History of Dioclesian'
Title: Song in Dioclesian
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1758 ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the passionate desire for revenge produced by jealousy in love, perhaps sung in the 1758 revival of the dramatic opera 'The Prophetess, or, The History of Dioclesian'
Title: Ditto [Song in Dioclesian]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1758 ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: A song of reconciliation in peacetime, after the end of war, perhaps sung in the 1758 revival of the dramatic opera 'The Prophetess, or, The History of Dioclesian'
Title: Song [When o'er the mind (index)]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song on the need to have sensible expectations of the beloved, rather than hoping for the ideal of perfection which love produces in the mind
Title: Harvest-home. Duett
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song duet on the amorous pursuits possible after harvest
Title: Sung in The Fair. Tune, I'll go no more to Greenland [Well met my honest messmates (index)]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1750 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Patriotic song on British maritime battles, including reference to France, Spain and George II; printed as 'A new song. Sung by Mr [John] Beard in The Fair', a pantomime entertainment first performed in 1750.