Beneath a shady wood at break of day
- DMI number:
- 25354
- First Line:
- Beneath a shady wood at break of day
- Last Line:
- And wait the gentle pressure of her hand
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Pastoral and Couplet
- Themes:
- Beauty, Fighting / conflict, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- William Dawson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dawson (1724): 12-23.
- Title:
- The Muse in a moral humour: being a collection of tales, fables, pastorals, by Several Hands. [Vol II] [ECCO] [ESTC T130696]
- Page No(s):
- pp.204-210
- Poem Title:
- The British Swain. Pastoral II. The Plaint.
- Attribution:
- By W. Dawson. [p. 197]
- Attributed To:
- William Dawson
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