The languishing shepherd: or, The loss of fair Lillia lamented. To an excellent new tune much in request. Licensed according to order.

The languishing shepherd: or, The loss of fair Lillia lamented. To an excellent new tune much in request. Licensed according to order.

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THE Languishing Shepherd: OR, The Loss of Fair Lillia Lamented.

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THE Languishing Shepherd: OR, The Loss of Fair Lillia Lamented.

To an excellent new Tune much in request. Licensed according to Order.

[...]

I.

WHen my Kids and my Lambs I treated,

and to Mountains did invite,

With clean Straw my Hurdle Sheated,

where I might repose all night:

Then free from Care I liv'd at Pleasure,

while my Lillea took her flight,

I at the Loss of such a Treasure,

all my other, all my other, all my other Flocks did slight.

II.

Through the VVoods and the Groves I rambled

yet could never quit my fear;

Birds methought on every Bramble,

whistle Lillea in my Ear;

Yet I upon my heedless Rover,

never once could fix my Eye,

Which makes me now so often over,

Lillia, Lillia, Lillia, Lillia, Lillia, Lillia, Lillia cry.

III.

Many long and tedious Hours

in the silent Groves I spend,

Searching all the shady Bowers

for my true entire Friend,

Yet alas! I cannot find her,

whose sweet Charms I do adore,

But am left in Grief behind her,

sighing, sighing, sighing, sighing, sighing sighing evermore.

IV.

Never was a sweeter Creature

than my pleasant charming Fair;

Could I in the Valleys meet her,

then adieu to all Despair:

Sorrows soon would be dispersed,

like a Mist, or Morning Cloud,

And a thousand Joys rehearsed,

for she's Loyal, she's Loyal, just and true to what she vow'd.

V.

Some ill Fortune hath attended

my beloved Lillia,

By which means her Life is ended,

or so long she'd never stay

From her Love who feels the Anguish

which my Heart do's now endure;

She's too good to let me languish,

for her pleasant charming Beauty I am sure.

VI.

I have lost as great a Treasure,

as the World did ever own;

Riches, Honour, Peace, and Pleasure,

these all remain in her alone:

Kings in Diadems may Glory,

let me but her Charms behold;

Crowns I count but Transitory,

Love is better, Love is better, Love is better worth than Gold.

VII.

Yet the Fates deny the Blessing

of the fairest Beauty bright,

Which is far beyond expressing

all my Joys have taken flight:

Sure some fatal stroke is given

that has kept my Love from me,

Therefore if she be not living,

let me, let me, let me, let me, let me dye as well as she.

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Printed for P. Booksby. J. Deacon. J. Blare. J. Back.

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The languishing shepherd: or, The loss of fair Lillia lamented. To an excellent new tune much in request. Licensed according to order.

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1688-1692?

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2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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B04286

ID [STC]

Wing L418

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.39.k.6[5]

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99887370

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ocm99887370

ID [VID]

182091

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— The languishing shepherd: or, The loss of fair Lillia lamented. To an excellent new tune much in request. Licensed according to order.,

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1 sheet ([1] p.) : music.

Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby. J[onah]. Deacon. J[osiah]. Blare. J[ohn]. Back.,. [London] :: [between 1688-1692]. (Publishers' names, place and date of publication from Wing.) (Verse: "When my kids and my lambs I treated ...") (Printed in two columns.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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