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Title: Lucy and Colin
Author: Tickell, Thomas
Attribution: Mr Tickell
Date(s): 1725 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Tragic love ballad set in Ireland, in which Colin dies of remorse and despair on his wedding day upon seeing the corpse of Lucy, the woman he abandoned. With parallel translation in Latin
Title: A song to the tune of Margarets Ghost
Author: Tickell, Thomas
Attribution: Mr Tickell
Date(s): 1725 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 9
Contents: Tragic love ballad, set in Ireland: the sight of the corpse of Lucy,
abandoned by Colin, brings about his own death through remorse on his
wedding-day.