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If Rosamond that was so fair

DMI number:
11406
First Line:
If Rosamond that was so fair
Last Line:
What plagues are due to sinful lives | Then maids and wives in time amend | For love and beauty will have end
Poem Genre / Form:
Ballad, Quatrain aabb, and Song with refrain
Themes:
The monarchy (heads of state)[Edward IV] and Women / the female character[Jane Shore]
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If Rosamonde that was so faire
Last Line:
What plagues are due to sinful lives | Then maids and wives in time amend | For love and beauty will have end
Relationship:
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Comments:
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.145-152
Poem Title:
The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore, a Goldsmith's Wife in London, sometime King Edward the Fourth's Concubine. To the Tune of, Live with me,
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.145-152
Poem Title:
The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore, a Goldsmith's Wife in London, sometime King Edward the Fourth's Concubine. To the Tune of Live with me, &c.
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.145-152
Poem Title:
The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore, a Goldsmith's Wife in London, sometime King Edward the Fourth's Concubine. To the Tune of Live with me, &c.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed