| Index Entry | Collins, William, author of lyric [beg] Ye Persian maids, attend your poet's |
| Location | Boston |
| Citation | BC.768.027 25 Apr-2 May 1768:1781 (1/20) ORIENTAL ECLOGUES. By Mr. William Collins. Eclogue I. SELIM: OR THE SHEPHERD'S MORAL. Scene, a valley near Bagdad. Time, the morning. Ye Persian maids, attend your poet's lays, And hear how shepherds pass their golden days. Not all are blest, who fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts, nor all that haunt the plains: . . . [68 lines, shepherd's "song" encouraging women to love with virtue.] |
| Generic Title | Boston Chronicle |
| Date | 1768.05.02 |
| Publisher | Mein and Fleeming |
| City, State | Boston, MA |
| Year | 1768 |
| Bibliography | B0001601 |