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Ah Colin why should thou despair

DMI number:
12694
First Line:
Ah Colin why should thou despair
Last Line:
Shall pleasantly glide over the green
Poem Genre / Form:
Pastoral, Quatrain abab, and Answer/reply
Themes:
Grief / sadness / melancholy, Love, and Sex / relations between the sexes
Content/Publication
Title:
Original and genuine letters sent to the Tatler and Spectator [T147412] [vol. 1]
Page No(s):
pp.38-39
Poem Title:
The Answer.
Attribution:
his mistress's answer, by a confidant of hers' p. 35.
Attributed To:
Not attributed