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Lancashire Lantern: Lancashire Poetry Index
Part of the Lancashire Lantern network, an index to authors, first lines and titles of Lancashire poetry in books held within libraries in Lancashire, including the Lancashire Authors’ Association collection. The index provides details of the book in which a particular poem may be found and also a link through to the library catalogue to give the locations of the required volume.
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ID Number |
1351 |
Title |
The mandrake |
First Line |
The mandrake grows 'neath the gallows tree |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
The BEST of old Lancashire in poetry and verse, selected and edited by Cliff Hayes |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1992 |
Page Number |
26-27 |
Control Number |
1872226507 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Same ISBN as "The River Wyre: people and places" |
ID Number |
1358 |
Title |
Black Bess |
First Line |
Let the lover his mistress's beauty rehearse |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
The BEST of old Lancashire in poetry and verse, selected and edited by Cliff Hayes |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1992 |
Page Number |
38-40 |
Control Number |
1872226507 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Same ISBN as "The River Wyre: people and places" |
ID Number |
2182 |
Title |
The carrion crow |
First Line |
The carrion crow is a sexton bold |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
LANCASHIRE lyrics: modern songs and ballads of the County Palatine, edited by John Harland |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1866 |
Page Number |
24 |
Control Number |
M0041626LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4623 |
Title |
Marlbrook to the wars is coming |
First Line |
Marlbrook to the wars is coming! |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
237-238 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4624 |
Title |
The boots of Marlbrook |
First Line |
Four marshals of France vow'd their Monarch to guard |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
239-241 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4625 |
Title |
A year and a day |
First Line |
A year and a day is the period named |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
242-244 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4626 |
Title |
The ballad of the beard |
First Line |
In masculine beauty, or else I am wrong |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
245-247 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4627 |
Title |
Old Grindrod's ghost |
First Line |
Old Grindrod was hang'd on a gibbet high |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
248-252 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4628 |
Title |
The barber of Ripon and the ghostly basin |
First Line |
Since ghost-stories you want, there is one I can tell |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
253-256 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
4629 |
Title |
Elegy on the Cardinal Carlo Borromeo |
First Line |
With black funeral robe, and tresses shorn |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
259-268 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Freely translated from the Latin of the Admirable Crichton |
ID Number |
4630 |
Title |
The Gaspar Visconti |
First Line |
When her fair land with grief o'erspread |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
Ballads: Romantic, fantastical and humorous |
Author of Book |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Publication Date |
1855 |
Page Number |
269-274 |
Control Number |
M0066298LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Freely translated from the Latin of the Admirable Crichton |
ID Number |
5632 |
Title |
The carrion crow |
First Line |
The carrion crow is a sexton bold |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
BALLADS and songs of Lancashire, ancient and modern. Collected, compiled, and edited, with notes, by John Harland, 3rd ed., corrected, revised and enlarged by T. T. Wilkinson |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1882 |
Page Number |
232-233 |
Control Number |
M0018149LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
3rd edition. Collected by John Harland and revised by T T Wilkinson |
ID Number |
5635 |
Title |
The mandrake |
First Line |
The mandrake grows 'neath the gallows tree |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
BALLADS and songs of Lancashire, ancient and modern. Collected, compiled, and edited, with notes, by John Harland, 3rd ed., corrected, revised and enlarged by T. T. Wilkinson |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1882 |
Page Number |
235-237 |
Control Number |
M0018149LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
3rd edition. Collected by John Harland and revised by T T Wilkinson |
ID Number |
5648 |
Title |
Black Bess |
First Line |
Let the lover his mistress's beauty rehearse |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
BALLADS and songs of Lancashire, ancient and modern. Collected, compiled, and edited, with notes, by John Harland, 3rd ed., corrected, revised and enlarged by T. T. Wilkinson |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1882 |
Page Number |
249-251 |
Control Number |
M0018149LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
3rd edition. Collected by John Harland and revised by T T Wilkinson. Also in 2nd ed 1875 (Control number M0018155LC) |
ID Number |
5650 |
Title |
Old Grindrod's ghost |
First Line |
Old Grindrod was hang'd on a gibbet high |
Poet |
AINSWORTH, William Harrison |
Book Title |
BALLADS and songs of Lancashire, ancient and modern. Collected, compiled, and edited, with notes, by John Harland, 3rd ed., corrected, revised and enlarged by T. T. Wilkinson |
Author of Book |
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Publication Date |
1882 |
Page Number |
253-257 |
Control Number |
M0018149LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
3rd edition. Collected by John Harland and revised by T T Wilkinson. Also in 2nd ed 1875 (Control number M0018155LC) |
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