Corydon and Phillis, and The bright god of day.

People / Organizations

• John Cunningham (Author)

Imprint

[Boston?: s.n, between 1790 and 1810?]

Added name

Monlass, William. Bright god of day.

Publication year

1790-1810

ESTC No.

W33550

Grub Street ID

344144

Description

1 sheet : ill. (relief cuts) ; 29 x 25 cm

Note

Two poems.

Corydon and Phillis, attributed to John Cunningham in Philbrick, Thomas L. "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v. 9, 1957, p. 255-258; first line: The sheep had in clusters crept close in a grove.

The bright god of day, attributed to William Monlass in the Minstrelsy of England, 1909, v. 2, p. 14; first line: The bright god of day, drew westward away.

Imprint dates suggested by typography. Another edition (Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 51) was published at Boston by Nathaniel Coverly, Jr. between 1810 and 1814.

Uncontrolled note

Not in Evans