The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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ON Miss KENNAN's going, in the Character of a Shepherdess,
to the Fancied Ball,
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ON Miss KENNAN's going, in the Character of a Shepherdess, to the Fancied Ball,
Held at the Castle, on Friday, the 16th of March, 1769.
Ah! farewell Sunshine, farewell Spring,
Farewell each rural Sport;
No more we dance, no more we sing;
Our Jenny's gone to Court.
Farewell each rural Sport;
No more we dance, no more we sing;
Our Jenny's gone to Court.
And can our Shepherdess forsake
Her Lambkin and her Dove?
Ere 'tis too late, sweet Maid, come back
To Innocence and Love.
Her Lambkin and her Dove?
Ere 'tis too late, sweet Maid, come back
To Innocence and Love.
To Soldiers bold, and Courtiers gay,
Can Jenny lend an Ear,
Who once could hear what Shepherds say,
Who sigh, but cannot swear?
Can Jenny lend an Ear,
Who once could hear what Shepherds say,
Who sigh, but cannot swear?
Tho' Beaux may vow, tho' Lords may kneel,
They're full of courtly Wiles:
They're artless Swains alone who feel,
When Jenny sings, or smiles.
They're full of courtly Wiles:
They're artless Swains alone who feel,
When Jenny sings, or smiles.
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They'll call her Goddess, Beauty's Queen,
They'll call her Angel too:
Will Jenny ask them what they mean?
Or whether they say true?
They'll call her Angel too:
Will Jenny ask them what they mean?
Or whether they say true?
Or will she hear true Lovers mourn,
While simply thus they pray;
Return, dear Shepherdess, return,
And be our Queen of May?
While simply thus they pray;
Return, dear Shepherdess, return,
And be our Queen of May?
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