Alexis shunned his fellow swains
- DMI number:
- 808
- First Line:
- Alexis shunned his fellow swains
- Last Line:
- He bowed obeyed and died
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song, Pastoral, and Sestet aabccb
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes and Grief / sadness / melancholy
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears (1971) I: 197-98.
- First Line:
- Hans Carvel impotent and old
- Last Line:
- You've thrust your finger g-d knows where
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of the best english poetry by several hands [vol I] [T71]
- Page No(s):
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Daphnis: or a pastoral elegy upon the unfortunate death of Mr. Thomas Creech, with a poem on the despairing lover and the despairing shepherd [T32078]
- Page No(s):
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Love tales and elegies with pastorals and other curious poems. Selected from the best authors. [T113367] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poetical miscellanies: the fifth part [T161282]
- Page No(s):
- pp.231-233
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd. A Pastoral
- Attribution:
- By the same hand [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Choice [?not Suarez?] [T59141] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.13-14
- Poem Title:
- Song XII.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.104-105
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd. A Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The fifth part of miscellany poems [T214159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.105-106
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd. A Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By the same hand [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The New Vocal Miscellany. Containing near 200 Songs [T179110] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.69-70
- Poem Title:
- Song 89. Alexis shunn'd his Fellow Swains.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Feriae Poeticae [T76163] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.10-14
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- Song 62.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- Song 62.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T118389]
- Page No(s):
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T124513]
- Page No(s):
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- The virgin muse [T124652]
- Page No(s):
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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