Old mans wish : This old-man he doth wish for wealth in vain, but he thereby doth not the treasure gain : for if with wishes he the same could have, he would not mind nor think upon the grave / To a pleasant new play-house tune.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Pope, Walter, -1714.

Series:

Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadsides--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Broadsides.

Wishes--Early works to 1800.

Wishes.

Wealth in literature--Early works to 1800.

Wealth in literature.

England--London.

Genre:

Ballads -- England -- 17th century.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; oblong 1/2⁰

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for J. Deacon at the angel in Guilt-spur-street, [1684?]

Summary:

A ballad about an old man who desires wealth.

Notes:

The name authority file shows "The" as first word of title; Wing shows an absence of "The".

Place of publication from Wing, which estimates publication date as 1671-1700; But the name authority file estimates publication date as 1684.

Verse - "If I live to grow old,"

Filmed copy at Adam Matthew's set Women Advising Women: Part 5: Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, reel 3, Douce Ballads 2[68], cropped at head, with great loss of title, and ornamentation over second and third columns.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Publications ; Oxford, England : Bodleian Photographic Service. 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), P2914A

ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR233554.

OCLC:

63661817