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A wonder stranger ne'r was known

DMI number:
11430
First Line:
A wonder stranger ne'r was known
Last Line:
For force oft breeds their lives decay
Poem Genre / Form:
Ballad and Quatrain aabb
Themes:
Death[Suffolk miracle] and Sex / relations between the sexes
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [3rd ed] [ESTC N939]
Page No(s):
pp.266-270
Poem Title:
XXXVIII. The Suffolk Miracle: Or, A Relation of a Young Man, who a Month after his Death appear'd to his Sweetheart, and carry'd her on Horseback behind him for forty Miles in two Hours, and was never seen after but in his Grave. To the Tune of, My bleeding Heart, &c.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [T117410]
Page No(s):
pp.266-270
Poem Title:
XXXVIII. The Suffolk Miracle: Or, A Relation of a Young Man, who a Month after his Death appear'd to his Sweetheart, and carry'd her on Horseback behind him for forty Miles in two Hours, and was never seen after but in his Grave. To the Tune of, My bleeding Heart.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... [2nd ed] [ESTC N938]
Page No(s):
pp.266-270
Poem Title:
XXXVIII. The Suffolk Miracle: Or, A Relation of a Young Man, who a Month after his Death appear'd to his Sweetheart, and carry'd her on Horseback behind him for forty Miles in two Hours, and was never seen after but in his Grave. To the Tune of, My bleeding Heart.
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