Young Damon was the blithest lad

DMI number:

37067

First Line:

Young Damon was the blithest lad

Last Line:

For Damon was not there

Poem Genre / Form:

Ballad, Quatrain abab, Ballad metre, Narrative verse, and Imitation (in the style of...)

Themes:

Grief / sadness / melancholy and Love

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Content/Publication

Title:

Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date ... volume the second. [T146587] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.226-230

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. Damon and Chloe. In imitation of Margaret's Ghost.

Attribution:

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