Blacklight

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
Related People
Author:
William Dawson
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Dawson (1724): 12-23.
Content/Publication
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