As Sylvia in a forest lay
- DMI number:
- 645
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Evidence:
- Slight textual variants.
- First Line:
- As Sylvia in a forest lay
- Last Line:
- And her poor heart was broke
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes and Death
- Composer:
- J. Sheeles
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Joseph Mitchell
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant of 'Sylvia's Moan'. Mitchell (1729) II: 236-239.
- First Line:
- As Sylvia in a forest lay
- Last Line:
- And sighed her soul to heaven
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Musical Miscellany [v.3] [not Suarez?] [T118842] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-163
- Poem Title:
- Silvia and Sylvander. Set by Mr. J. Sheeles.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Sylvia's Moan
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