The works of Allan Ramsay edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law] |
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The Yellow-hair'd Laddie.
In
April when Primroses paint the sweet Plain,
And Summer approaching rejoiceth the Swain,
The Yellow-hair'd Laddie would oftentimes go
To Wilds and deep Glens where the Hawthorn-trees grow.
And Summer approaching rejoiceth the Swain,
The Yellow-hair'd Laddie would oftentimes go
To Wilds and deep Glens where the Hawthorn-trees grow.
There under the Shade of an old sacred Thorn,
With Freedom he sung his Loves, Ev'ning and Morn;
He sang with so soft and inchanting a Sound,
That Silvans and Fairies unseen danc'd around.
With Freedom he sung his Loves, Ev'ning and Morn;
He sang with so soft and inchanting a Sound,
That Silvans and Fairies unseen danc'd around.
The Shepherd thus sung, Tho young Maya be fair,
Her Beauty is dash'd with a scornful proud Air;
But Susie was handsome, and sweetly could sing,
Her Breath like the Breezes perfum'd in the Spring.
Her Beauty is dash'd with a scornful proud Air;
But Susie was handsome, and sweetly could sing,
Her Breath like the Breezes perfum'd in the Spring.
That
Madie in all the gay Bloom of her Youth,
Like the Moon was unconstant, and never spoke Truth;
But Susie was faithful, good humour'd and free,
And fair as the Goddess who sprung from the Sea.
Like the Moon was unconstant, and never spoke Truth;
But Susie was faithful, good humour'd and free,
And fair as the Goddess who sprung from the Sea.
That Mamma's fine Daughter, with all her great Dowr,
Was aukwardly airy, and frequently sowr:
Then sighing, he wished, would Parents agree,
The witty sweet Susie his Mistress might be.
Was aukwardly airy, and frequently sowr:
Then sighing, he wished, would Parents agree,
The witty sweet Susie his Mistress might be.
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