Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye
- DMI number:
- 24586
- First Line:
- Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye
- Last Line:
- From Jessy floating on her watery bier
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Pastoral, Quatrain abab, and Elegy
- Themes:
- Death and Love
- Author:
- William Shenstone
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XIII: 281-282.
- Title:
- A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T119421] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.250-253
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing The sorrow of an ingenuous mind, on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of the best modern poems [T124388] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.237-240
- Poem Title:
- Elegy
- 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.106-110
- Poem Title:
- Jessy. An Elegaic Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Love and Beauty. A Collection of Poems [T68891]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-7
- Poem Title:
- Elegy.
- Attribution:
- From Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors [T90031] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.106-110
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T87951] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.110-114
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the Melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Or, a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T189227] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.113-117
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the Melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Or, a collection of moral and sacred poetry. From the most eminent authors. [N15990] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-118
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Or, a collection of moral and sacred poetry. From the most eminent authors. [T79395] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-118
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets. Or, a collection of moral and sacred poetry. From the most eminent authors. [T79396] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-118
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [N16023] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.119-123
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the Melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [N29557] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.119-123
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the Melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The beauties of the poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. [T87952] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.119-123
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, describing the Sorrow of an Ingenuous Mind, on the Melancholy Event of a Licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [N4192]
- Page No(s):
- pp.355-358
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Describing the sorrow of an ingenuous mind on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T117520] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.355-358
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Describing the sorrow of an ingenuous mind on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T118537 ] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.355-358
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Describing the sorrow of an ingenuous mind on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T119955] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.358-361
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Describing the sorrow of an ingenious mind on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T129749] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.362-365
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Describing the sorrow of an ingenuous mind on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The moral miscellany or, a collection of select pieces in prose and verse for the instruction and entertainment of youth [T131121]
- Page No(s):
- pp.361-364
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Describing the sorrow of an ingenuous mind on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The polite miscellany containing variety of food for the mind [T117528] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.309-311
- Poem Title:
- Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an ingenious Mind, on the melancholy Even t of a licentious Amour.
- Attribution:
- By the late Mr. Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- Title:
- The union: or select scots and english poems [T124512] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.121-125
- Poem Title:
- Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Mr. Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
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