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Title: Englands Helicon. Or The Muses harmony.
Print source: Englands Helicon. Or The Muses harmony.
Bodenham, John, fl. 1600,, Moore, Richard, fl. 1607-1631., N. L. fl. 1580-1607., A. B., fl. 1600.
London: Printed [by Thomas Snodham] for Richard More, and are to be sould at his shop in S. Dunstanes Church-yard, 1614.
Alternate titles: Englands Helicon Muses harmony.
Notes:
One of a series sponsored by John Bodenham, to whom the editorship is usually attributed; also sometimes attributed to Nicholas Ling and to A.B.
This edition enlarged and edited by Richard More, who signs the dedication.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: [A]4 B-Q R4 (-R4).
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Subject terms:
Pastoral poetry, English.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16274.0001.001
How to cite: For suggestions on citing this text, please see Citing the TCP on the Text Creation Partnership website.

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TO THE TRVLY VERTVOVS AND Honourable Lady, the Lady ELIZABETH CARIE.
THE TABLE OF all the Songs and Pastorals, with the Authors names, contained in this Booke.
ENGLANDS HELICON.
¶The Shepheard to his chosen Nimph.
THEORELLO. ¶A Shepheards Edillion.
Astrophels Loue is dead.
¶A Palinode.
Astrophell the Shepheard, his complaint to his Flocke.
Hobbinolls Dittie in praise of Eliza, Queene of the Shepheards.
¶The Shepheards Daffadill.
¶A Canzon Pastorall in honour of her Maiestie.
¶Milicertus Madrigale.
¶Old Damons Pastorall.
¶Perigot and Cuddies Roundelay.
¶Phillida and Coridon.
¶To Colin Cloute.
Rowlands Song in praise of the fairest Beta.
¶The Barginet of Antimachus.
¶Menaphons Roundelay.
¶A Pastorall of Phillis and Coridon.
¶Coridon and Melampus Song.
Tityrus to his faire Phillis.
¶Shepheard.
Another of the same Authour.
¶Menaphon to Pesana.
¶A sweet Pastorall.
Harpalus complaint on Phillidaes loue bestowed or Corin, who loued her not, and denyed him that loued her.
¶Another of the same subiect, but made as it were in answere.
¶The Nimphes meeting their May Queene, entertaine her with this Dittie,
Colin Clouts mournfull Dittie for the death of Astrophell.
Damaetas Iigge in praise of his Loue.
Montanus praise of his faire Phaebe.
¶The complaint of Thestilis the forsaken Shepheard.
¶To Phillis the faire Shepheardesse.
¶The Shepheard Dorons Iigge.
Astrophell his Song of Phillida and Coridon.
¶The passionate Shepheards Song.
¶The vnknowne Shepheards complaint.
¶Another of the same Shepheards.
¶The Shepheards allusion of his owne amorous infelicitie, to the offence of Actaeon.
¶Montanus Sonnet to his faire Phaebe.
Phaebes Sonnet, a reply to Montanus passion.
¶Coridons supplication to Phillis.
Damaetas Madrigall in praise of his Daphnis.
Dorons description of his faire Shepheardesse Samela.
Wodenfrides Song in praise of Amargana.
Another of the same.
¶An excellent Pastorall Dittie.
Phillidaes Loue-call to her Coridon, and his replying.
¶The Shepheards solace.
¶Syrenus Song to Eugerius.
¶The Shepheards Arsileus reply to Syrenus Song.
¶A Shepheards dreame.
¶The Shepheards Ode.
¶The Shepheards commendation of his Nimph.
¶Coridon to his Phillis.
¶The Shepheards description of Loue.
¶To his Flockes.
¶A Roundelay betweene two Shepheards.
¶The solitarie Shepheards Song.
¶The Shepheards resolution in loue.
Coridons Hymne in praise of Amarillis.
¶The Shepheard Carillo his Song.
Corins dreame of his faire Chloris.
¶The Shepheard Damons passion.
¶The Shepheard Musidorus his complaint.
¶The Shepheards braule, one halfe answering the other.
Dorus his comparisons.
¶The Shepheard Faustus his Song.
Another of the same, by Firmius the Shepheard.
Damelus Song to his Diaphenia.
¶The Shepheard Eurymachus to his faire Shep∣heardesse Mirimida.
¶The Shepheard Firmius his Song.
¶The Shepheards praise of his sacred Diana.
¶The Shepheards dumpe.
¶The Nimph Dianaes Song.
¶Rowlands Madrigall.
Alanius the Shepheard, his dolefull Song, complaining of Ismeniaes crueltie.
Montana the Shepheard, his loue to Aminta.
¶The Shepheards sorrow for his Phaebes disdaine.
Espilus and Therion, their contention in Song for the May-Lady.
¶Olde Melibeus Song, courting his Nimph.
¶The Shepheard Syluanus his Song.
¶Coridons Song.
¶The Shepheards Sonnet.
Seluagia and Siluanus, their Songs to Diana.
Montanus his Madrigall.
Astrophell to Stella, his third Song.
¶A Song betweene Syrenus and Syluanus.
Ceres Song in emulation of Cinthia.
¶A Pastorall Ode to an honourable friend.
¶A Nimphs disdaine of Loue.
Apollos Loue-Song for faire Daphne.
¶The Shepheard Delicius his Dittie.
¶Amintas for his Phillis.
Faustus and Firmius sing to their Nimph by turnes.
¶A Song betweene Taurisius and Diana, answering verse for verse.
¶Another Song before her Maiestie at Oxford, sung by a comely Shepheard, attended on by sundry other Shepheards and Nimphs.
¶The Shepheards Song: a Caroll or Himne for Christmas.
Arsileus his Caroll, for ioy of the new mariage, betweene Syrenus and Diana.
Philistus farewell to false Clorinda.
¶Rosalindes Madrigall.
¶A Dialogue Song betweene Syluanus and Arsilius.
¶Montanus Sonnet.
¶The Nimph Seluagia her Song.
¶The Heard-mans happie life.
Cinthia the Nimph, her Song to faire Polydora.
¶The Shepheard to the Flowers.
¶The Shepheard Arsilius his Song to his Rebeck.
¶Another of Astrophell to his Stella.
Syrenus his Song to Dianaes Flockes.
To Amarillis.
Cardenia the Nimph, to her false Shep∣heard Faustus.
Of Phillida.
Melisea her Song, in scorne of her Shep∣heard Narcissus.
¶His answere to the Nimphs Song.
¶Her present answere againe to him.
¶His last replie.
Philon the Shepheard, his Song.
Lycoris the Nimph, her sad Song.
¶To his Flockes.
¶To his Loue.
¶Another of his Cynthia.
¶Another to his Cynthia.
Montanus Sonnet in the Woods.
¶The Shepheards sorrow, being disdai∣ned in loue.
¶A Pastorall Song betweene Phillis and Amarillis, two Nimphs, each answering other line for line.
¶The Shepheards Antheme.
¶The Countesse of Pembrokes Pastorall.
Another of Astrophell.
An Inuectiue against Loue.
¶Faire Phillis and her Shepheard.
¶The Shepheards Song of Venus and Adonis.
Thirsis the Shepheard his deaths Song.
¶Another Stanza added after.
¶Another Sonnet thence taken.
¶The Shepheards slumber.
¶Dispraise of Loue, and Louers follies.
¶Another Sonet.
¶Of disdainefull Daphne.
¶The passionate Shepheard to his Loue.
¶The Nimphs reply to the Shepheard.
¶Another of the same nature, made since.
¶Two Pastorals, vpon three friends meeting.
The wood-mans walke.
Thirsis the Shepheard, to his Pipe.
An Heroicall Poeme.
¶An excellent Sonnet of a Nimph.
¶A Report Song in a dreame, betweene a Shepheard and his Nimph.
¶Another of the same.
¶The Louers absence kils me, her presence kils me.
¶The Shepheards conceit of Prometheus.
Another of the same.
¶The Shepheards Sunne.
¶Loue the onely price of loue.
Colin the enamoured Shepheard, singeth this passion of loue.
Oenones complaint in blanke verse.
¶The Shepheards Consort.
Thirsis praise of his Mistresse.
A defiance to disdainefull Loue.
An Epithalamium; or a Nuptiall Song, applied to the Ceremonies of Marriage.