On the bank of a river close under the shade
- DMI number:
- 630
- First Line:
- On the bank of a river close under the shade
- Last Line:
- And the roses are sweetest when put to the still
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Pastoral and Song
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Thomas D'Urfey
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant of 'A Song made to a Tune, by the command of a Lady of Quality' ('At the foot of a willow close under the shade'). A New Collection of Songs and Poems (1683, ESTC R30963): 1-2.
- First Line:
- On the bank of a river close under a shade
- Last Line:
- And the joys of true love are sweeter than rest
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [T93622] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.174
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Musical Miscellany [v.3] [not Suarez?] [T118842] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- To the foregoing Tune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [N70161]
- Page No(s):
- pp.173-174
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [T117014] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.170-171
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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