Pastoral poem, "A silly Sheapheard in Arcadia dwelt"

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 33
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1630
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4 pp. With smudges and corrections, including omitted line interpolated: probably a copy. Conjugate folios. Watermark narrow, ending at tail with a "decrescent". Lines 23, 54 and 88 are badly affected by holes frayed in a former horizontal fold; page nos. 1 and 2 removed by corners being torn away.

Scope and Content

Pastoral poem beginning "A silly Sheapheard in Arcadia dwelt", in alternate-rhyme pentameter quatrains (28, followed by concluding pair of alexandrine couplets); ending "The Earthe my sober End, & quiet Pilgrimage".

Administrative / Biographical History

The author of the poem is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased at Sotheby, 29 October 1975 (Lot 152)

Note

In English