A swain of love despairing
- DMI number:
- 2433
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Merry Musician [6] (1731)
- First Line:
- A swain of love despairing
- Last Line:
- He fell upon the plain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Composer:
- Mr. Potter
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'Set by Mr. Potter' (MM 6)
- Title:
- The Merry Musician, or Pills to Purge Melancholly reviv'd
- Page No(s):
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Lover
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Musical Miscellany [v. 6] [?not Suarez?] [T118842] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.106-108
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Lover. Set by Mr. Potter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
The despairing lover
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