Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
- DMI number:
- 22702
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
- Last Line:
- Tis hard so true a damsel dies a maid
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Pastoral, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Love, and Nature
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Shepherd's Week. Wednesday. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 104-108.
- First Line:
- The wailings of a maiden I recite
- Last Line:
- And till tomorrow comes defers her fate
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
Poem Aliases
Gay. Shepherd's Week. Wednesday.
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