The old man's wish ... To a pleasant new playhouse tune.
Pope, Walter,-1714.
[London?,
1740?]
A song - "If I live to grow old, (For I find I go down)".
Anonymous. By Walter Pope.
At head of title: "Numb. 7".
First published in 1697 as 'The wish'.
Originally published in 1684, with music, as:The old man's wish.
Publication place and date from MH-H.
Reproduction of original from the Harvard University Houghton Library.
This version is enlarged to nine stanzas, of which only the first four and last one are certainly by Pope (MH-H).
ESTC