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Happy swain wouldst thou be free

DMI number:
37079
First Line:
Happy swain wouldst thou be free
Last Line:
Nor fright away the shepherd's sleep
Poem Genre / Form:
Advice, Ballad, and Quatrain aabb
Themes:
Love, Music, Nature, Poetry / literature / writing, and Rural life
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Author:
Mr. Ball
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date ... volume the second. [T146587] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.287-290
Poem Title:
LI. By the same. Kind Advice to the Happy Shepherd.
Attribution:
[Ball]
Attributed To:
Mr. Ball