How wretched is the faithful youth
- DMI number:
- 1058
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- How wretched is the faithful youth
- Last Line:
- Whenever they sigh they sigh for gold
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes and Money / wealth
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The poor shepherd. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 290-292.
- First Line:
- The sun was sunk beneath the hill
- Last Line:
- Who pays thy worth must pay in love
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Plain Dealer [vol 2] [T101823] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.376
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Plain Dealer [vol 2] [T135939]
- Page No(s):
- p.376
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. The poor shepherd.
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