Sweet England's prize is gone
- DMI number:
- 12062
- First Line:
- Sweet England's prize is gone
- Last Line:
- When it shall please him
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song with refrain and Ballad
- Themes:
- Death[Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex] and High society / the court
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [2nd ed] [ESTC N395]
- Page No(s):
- pp.107-117
- Poem Title:
- XIV. A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was beheaded in the Tower of London on Ash-Wednesday, 1600/1. To the Tune of Well-a-day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [ESTC N940]
- Page No(s):
- pp.107-117
- Poem Title:
- XIV. A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was beheaded in the Tower of London on Ash-Wednesday, 1600/1. To the Tune of Well-a-day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... Vol. III. [N941]
- Page No(s):
- pp.107-117
- Poem Title:
- XIV. A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was beheaded in the Tower of London on Ash-Weduesday [sic], 1600/1. To the Tune of Well-a-day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date ... volume the second. [T146587] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-122
- Poem Title:
- XIX. A lamentable ditty on the death of Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, who was beheaded in the Tower of London, on Ash-Wednesday, 1600-1.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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