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Hapless Philaster in a midnight shade

DMI number:
41838
First Line:
Hapless Philaster in a midnight shade
Last Line:
When death or something like it stopped his tongue
Poem Genre / Form:
Complaint, Eclogue, and Couplet
Themes:
Grief / sadness / melancholy, Love, and Night
Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellany, being a collection of poems by several hands [ESTC R3358] [EEBO]
Page No(s):
pp.180-183
Poem Title:
Eclogue
Attribution:
By Mr. J. W.
Attributed To:
James Wright