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english poetry11
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christian poetry, english1
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Hall, Henry, the Elder22
Forrest, Theodosius17
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Title: A song

Author: Leveridge, Richard

Date(s): 1735 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 53

Contents: On the diminution of the English race, changed from the days of beef-eating.

Lacks st.6 of the printed version

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Title: A song

Author: Fountain, John

Attribution: John Fountain

Date(s): 165- ?

Manuscript: Lt 78

Contents: Song lamenting personal sorrow

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Title: A song

Author: Fountain, John

Attribution: John Fountain

Date(s): 1660 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 78

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

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Title: A song

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1697 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 15

Contents: Love song, on the suffering caused by a beloved

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Title: A song

Author: Dallaway, James

Attribution: James Dallaway

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 83

Contents: Love poem, praising a young woman's beauty and intelligence, wishing she

could be his.

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Title: A song

Author: Lee, Nathaniel

Date(s): 1680 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 24

Contents: Pastoral love song from Lee's play "Theodosius", 1680

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Title: A song

Author: Stanhope, Philip Dormer; Earl of Chesterfield

Date(s): 172- or 173- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 20

Contents: Love song, urging present enjoyment of love-making on the grounds that

subsequent repentance will cause happiness in heaven

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Title: A song

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 173- ?

Manuscript: Lt 24

Contents: Pastoral love poem. At end, "G----F----r's, [Christmas] Eve, [1734]".

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Title: Song

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Date(s): 169- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 5

Contents: Love poem, hoping that the grief of bereavement will soon give way to new

desire

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Title: Song

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Date(s): 169- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 5

Contents: Love poem, urging present enjoyment

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Title: Song

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Date(s): 169- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 5

Contents: Love poem, urging present enjoyment. Followed by an "Answer", BCMSV 219

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Title: Song

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Date(s): 169- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 5

Contents: Wooing and love-making compared with laying siege to and attacking a town

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