Alas that ever this day we did see
- DMI number:
- 37013
- First Line:
- Alas that ever this day we did see
- Last Line:
- That ever he forced king Edward to die
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ballad, Quatrain aabb, and Lament
- Themes:
- Death, Grief / sadness / melancholy, Politics, and Virtue / vice
- Title:
- Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [T146587] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.265-269
- Poem Title:
- XLVIII. The doleful lamentation of the lord Matrevers and sir Tho. Gurney, being banished the realm; and after three eyars banishment sir Tho. Gurney coming towards England to his lady and children, was beheaded on the sea.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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