The Shepherd's Week

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The Shepherd's Week (1728)
by John Gay

First published in 1714, this transcription is of a later edition published during Gay's lifetime. It is a less elaborate publication than the first edition, which also featured an introductory Proem, an index and six plates, one for each of the six pastorals.

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THE

SHEPHERD's WEEK.

IN SIX

PASTORALS.


By Mr. J. Gay.


————————— Libeat mihi sordida rura,
Atque humiles habitare Casas. ————Virg.



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Printed by J. Watts, at the Sign of the Lord Carteret's Head in Dame's street. and sold by J. Thompson under Lucas's Coffee-House, 1728.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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