The pensive maid
Subtitle: or, The virgin's complaint for the loss of her lover ...
By: To the tune of, Through the cooll shady woods, &c
Published: 1760
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Another version, with a happy ending, has title "The valiant seaman's return to his love"; a third version, with title "A pleasant new song between a seaman and his love", is signed: Cuthbert Birket.

Another edition has subtitle: The virgin's lamentation for the loss of her lover.

First line: When Sol did cast no light.