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C O L I N
AND
A FAVOURITE
L U C Y .
BALLAD.
BY
M R .
T I C K E L .
T o which is added,
A N
E
L
E
G
Y
W R I T T E N ON THE
P L A I N
O F
F O N T
E N O Y.
Of LEINSTER famV for maidens fair,
Bright LUCY ivas the grace;
*STor e'er did LIFFY'S limpid f i r earn
Refleft a fairer
face.
G L A S G O W :
PRINTED
FOR AND SOLD
Brafh
h
Reid.
BY
�C O L I N AND LUCY*
A FAVOURITE
BALLAD,
I.
O F Lelnjler fam'd for maidens faiiy
Bright LUCY was the grace;
Nor e'er did Liffy's. iimpid ftream
Reflect a fairer face.,
II.
'Till lucklefs love and pining care
Impaired her rofy hue,
Her dainty lip, her damalk chcek s
A n d eyes of gloffy blue.
III.
A h ! have you feen z lily pale
When beating rains defcend?"
So droop'd this flow-confuming maid^.
Her life now near its end.
IV.
By LUCY warn'd, of flattering fwainsTake heed, ye eafy fair !
Of vengeance due to broken vow?,
Y e flatt'ring fwainsj beware!
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V.
T h r e e times all in the dead of night
A bell was hear'd to ring;
And at her window, ftirieking thrice,
The raven flap'd his wing.
VI.
Full well the love-lorn maiden knew
The folemn-boding found,
And thus in dying words befpoka
The virgin® weeping round.
VII.
I hear a voice you cannot* hear,
" That cries I muft not ftay;
" I fee a hand you cannot fee,
" That beckons me away.
M
VIII.
« Of a falfe Twain, and broken hearty
" In early youth I die:
" A m I to blame, becaufe the brid*
" Is twice as rich as I ?
IX.
Ci
Ah,
C O L I N , g i v e n o t h e r t h y VOWS,
" Vows due to me alone !
" Nor thou, raih girl, receive his lufs,
" Nor think him all thy owol
X.
" To-morrow in the church, to wed,
" Impatient both prepare;
" But know, falfe man, and know, i'JDd
" Poor LȴCY will be there,,
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XI.
" Then bear my corfe, ye comrades dear*
" The bridegroom blithe to meet;
c< He in hjs wedding-trim fo gay,
" I in my winding-fheet!"
v X R
She fpolte, fhe dy'd/ her corfe was borne
The bridegroom blithe to jncet;
I le in his wedding-trim fo gay,
She in her winding-fheet.
XIII.
What then were COUIN'S dreadful thoughts?
How were thcfe nuptials kept?
The bride's-men flock'd round LUCY dead,
And all the village wept.
XIV.
.Compaffion, fhame, remorfe, defpair,
A t once his bofom fwelh
The damps of death bedew'd his brow,
He grcan'd, he fhook, he fell.
XV.
From\he vain bride, a bride no more*
The varying crimfon fled;
When, ftretch'd befide her rival's corfe.
She faw her lover dead.
XVI.
He to his LUCY'S new-made grave,
Convey'd by trembling fwains;
Is the fame mould, beneath one foci,
Fcr-ever now remains.
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XVII.
Oft at this place the conftant hind
A n d plighted maid are feen;
W i t h garlands gay, and true-love knots
They aeck'd the facred green,
XVIII.
But, fwain forefworn, whoe'er thou art,
This hallow'd ground forbear!
Remember CoLIN'S dreadful fate,
A n d fear to meet him there.
E
L
E
G
Y
,
W R I T T E N ON THE
P L A I N OF FONTENOY.
I.
C H I L L blows the blaft, and Twilight's dewy hand:
Draws in the^Weft her duiky veil away;
A deeper fhadow fteals along the land,
A n d N A T U R E m u f e s a t t h e DEATH o f D A Y !
II.
Near this bleak Wafte no friendly manfion rears
Its walls, where Mirth and focial joys refound,
But each dim objed: melts the foul to tears,
While Horror treads thr icatter'd bones around.
�III.
A s thus, alone and comfortlefs I ream,
W e t with the drizling fnow'r; I figh fincene,
I caft a look towards my native home,
A n d think what-valiant BRITONS perifh'D here.
IV.
Yes, the time was, not very far the date,
W h e n carnage here her crimfon toil began;
W h e n Nations' Standards wav'd in threat'ning flate^.
A n d Man the murd'rer met the murd'rer Man.
V.
For WAR is MURDER, tho' the voice of Slings
Has ftyl'd it Juftice, ftyl'd it Glory too!
Yet from worft motives, fierce Ambition fprings,
A n d there, fix'd Prejudice is all we view!
VI.
"But fure, 'tis Heaven's immutable decree,
For thoufands ev'ry age in % h t to fall;
Some NAT'RAL CAUSE prevails, we cannot fe^,
A n d that is FATE, which w e Ambition caiL
VII.
O let th' afpiring Warrior think with grief,
That as produe'd by CKVMIC art refm'd;—
So glitt'ring CONQUEST, from the laurel-leaf
E x t r a & s a GEN'RAL POISON f o r M a n k i n d .
VIII.
Here let him wander at the midnight hour,
T h e f e morbid rains, theft? gelid gales to meet;
A n d mourn like m e , the ravages of P o w ' r !
A n d feel i:kc m e , that V i & ' r y is d e f e a t !
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IX.
Nor deem, ye vain! that e'er I mean to fwelf
M y feeble Verfe w i t h many a founding Name;
Of fuch, the mercenary Bard may tell,
A n d call fuch dreary defolation, Fame.
X.
The genuine M u f e removes the thin difguife,
That cheats the World, whene'er fhe deigns to fing
A n d full as meritorious to her eyes
Seems the Poor Soldier, as the Mighty King!
XI.
Alike I ftiun in labour'd ftrain to fhow,
How BRITAIN more than triumph'd, tho lhe*fled,
Where LOUIS flood, where ftalk'd the column f l o w ;
I turn f r o m thefe, and DWELL UPON THE DEAD.
XII.
Yet much my beating breaft refpedU the brave.;
Too well I love them, not to mourn their f a t e r
W h y fhould they feek for greatnefsin the Grave?
Their hearts are noble—and in life they're great*
XIII.
Nor think 'tis but in W a r the Brave excel,—»
T o V A L O U R EV'RY V I R T U E IS ALLIED !
Here faithful Friendfhip 'mid the Battle fell,
A n d Love, true Love, in bitter anguifh died.
XIV.
Alas! the folemn flaughter I retrace,
That checks life's current circling thro' my veins^
Bath'd in moift forrow, many a beauteous face;
A n d gave a grief, perhaps, that Hill remains*
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^ can no more—an agony too keen
Abforbs my fenfes, and my mind fubdues,
Hard were that heart which here cotild beat ierengy
Or the juft tribute of a pang refufe.
XVI.
But lo! thro' yonder op'ning cIouds*afar
Shoots the bright planet's fanguinary ray
jTh&t bears thy name, FICTITIOUS LORD OF WAR!
j A n d with, red luftre guides my lonely way.
XVII.
[Then FONTENOY, farewell! Yet much I fear,
(Wherever chance my courfe compels) to find
Difcordand' blood—the thrilling founds I hear,
" The noife <Jf battles hurtles in the wind."
XVIII.
From barb'rous Turkey to Britannia's fhore,
I Oppofing int r reils into rage increafe;
Jleflru&ion rears her fceptre, tumults roar,
A h ! where fhall haplefs man repofe in pcace!
F I N I &
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THE
C
A
O
C
FAMILIAR
K
E
D
P I S T O L :
EPISTLE
TO
MR.
JAMES
MORTON,
Precentor in the Abbey Kirk, Paiflcv,
REQUESTING
HIS
ADVICE
ON
MATRIMONY;
WITH
H
I S
A
N S W
E
R,
CONTAINING
IlULES F Q R CHUSING A WIFE."
The Letter-gae
of Holy
.
Rhymfy
Sat up at the board-head^
Jind a hefaid ivas. thought a crime
To contradict indeed.
For in clark lear he ivas r'hwt prime,
uind cot?d haith ivrits and rfad.
C H R I S T ' S K I R K ON T H E
«-—
GLASGOW:
PRINTED
Brain
FOR
&
AND
SOLD
R d d .
BY
GREEN-
�E P I S T L E
pA
I
s
T O
L E
J. M .
r.
I.
D E A R Friend, ye'll hardly now remember,
You wrote to me in laft December;
But my Mufe, cauld as deeing ember,
Had tint her fpunk,
Or turn'd as lazy, lith and member,
As ane dead drunk,
II.
Your blythe Epiftle then I got,
As nice, I wat, as e'er was wrote,
Which I have without flaw or blot
Lodg'd in my min%
And learn'd quite perfe6t a' by rot,
Nae mair to tine.
III.
I'm glad to hear ye hae your HEALTH,
As that's " fuperior far to wealth,"
T o keep it—fhun a' fecret ftealth
That Quack; pretend,
And put nae faith in a' the filth
That Bettors vend.
IV.
Waes mel for thefe poor lucklefs chiels,
Compel?d to fight with drugs and pills,
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Young harum-fkarum daft run deels,
T o pleafure flavesj
For its purfuit o'er moiiy wheels
T o timelefs graves.
V.
A youngfter flands on kittle ground,
Strong the temptations him furround,
And in fuch plealing fhapes abound,
Alas! on trial,
How fiiall he to them a7 be found
T o give denial I
VI.
For fometime paft, I've ta'eja a notion,
On viewing Time in fleeting motion,
And finglelife a taftelefs potion,
And far frae good>
T o fome fweet lafs to pay devotion
In ferious mood.
VII.
For as temptations are fae rife,
T o fhun them a', I'd wifh a wife,
Wha'd half with me the ills of life,
As weel's its joys,
And bring me, to keep down a' ftrife,
Sweet girls and boys*
VIII.
Yet I wad rather bide my fate,
Than join in matrimonial flate,
With an ill-temper'd, canker'd mater
Of captious mood;
f o r then, I'm fure, I'd tine the gate
Of a' that's good.
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IX.
O how difgufting 'tis to fee
A man and wife who difagree!
They fcrateh and fight, and 'till they die
Ne'er end their ails,
Juft like twar cats hung o'er a tree
Tied by the tails.
X.
But O , how happy is the youth,
Whofe mate does all his forrows foothe?
His tide of life glides on full fmooth!
Her native charms,Sweet-fmiling innocence and truth,
Delight his arms.
XT.
0 may inch happy fate be mine,
As, aft ye've tauld me has been thine,
"At Fortune then I'll ne'er repine,
Whate'er fhe gie,
Nor care how aft fhe wane or ftiine,
A brown babee.
XII.
This fuhje&'s of fuch ferious fort,
1 beg ye'll think me not in fport,.
But fold that full and wife report
Ye weel can give,
And trouth, my friend, I'll thank ye f o r t
As lang's 1 live.
. .
XIII.
Waes me, I now my pen maun drcp,
T k o ' very laith I am to flop,
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But he that's hurried in a ftiop
Buying and felling,
Dare not to gie dame Fancy fcope,
T h o ' e'er fae willing.
XIV.
Meantime, that Marriage mayna ftan',
I beg ye'll write me, free affhan',
In hamely verfe, your wifeit plan,
And I'll be fteady,
F o r , like a COCKEI>PISTOL, man
I'm juft as ready.
GLASGOW.
W .
R.
A N S W E R
FROM
J. M .
PAISLEY,
T O T H E PRECEDING
EPISTLE,
CONTAINING RULES FOR CHUSING A WIFE,
I.
W H A N E'ER, my Friend, I cooft my e'e
On thy Epiftle fent to me,
In ftyle fae pithy, frank and free,
Sae couth and clever,
I fwore that ye in poetrie
Wadftiinefor ever.
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II.
Your caution's glide my " health to raife
" Mind not what Quack or Doctor fays.
As I hae feckly a' my days
Kend nae difeafe,
I pity ony cliiel wha pays
Their coflly feesi
III.
W o w but it gied me joy to hear
Your reafoning fae jull and clear
On youth's temptations, which I fear
O'er few withftand;
A wife's the thing a man to chear
In love's faft band.
IV.
Few rules for courting ye can heed,
While on your ftiouthers fic a head,
Sin' ye are not o'er-run wi' greed
O ' gowd and filler,
W o o wha ye like, ye maun come fpeed,
Gin ye haud till
V.
But O ! avoid a gilly-gawky, .
Or faft indulged raammie's tawpy,
Perchance inclin'd to tafte the whauky:
And ne'er ca' thine
Her wha parades upo* the caufeway,
For fake t)' fhine*
VI.
Wale not a wit—and fhun an afs,
But take fome thrifty fonfy lafs>.
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W h a lets not precious minutes pafs
Herfel' adorning,
By glowring twa hours in the glafs
On ilka morning,
VII.
Altho' misfortune's Ihould be rife,
Still hath the married man belt life,
For 'midli a' fortune's plague and llrife,
He ftill hath pleafure,
And finds his thrifty virtuous wife
A real treafure.
VIII.
Gin fie a gude lafs fill your arms,
Ye'll never tire o* her fweet charms;
Your mind fhe'll lirive in all alarms
T o mak' it eafy,
And keep ye out o ' many harms
That fair might teeze
IX.
I low great's the pleafure of this life
Blefl v. ith a chafte and virtuous wife,
When pledges of your love fu' rife
Tott round tne table,
Liipicg their fma' tauk free o' llrife,
As weel's they're able
X.
When to your meals ye do come in,
Ye'll a* things in nice order fin',
Your childer a' ambitious rin,
T o jump your knees,
And every thing the Louie within,
Confpir.es to pleafe.
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XI.
And then when ye come hame at e'en,
The fire is briik, the hearthftane clean,
And every thing a' braw and been,
The weans too bedded
Syne down ye fit, and crack bedeen,
How a's been fteaded.
XII.
Compare this wi' thefe ftupid chiels,
Wha're fighting clofe wi' drugs and pills,
And rin to ruin on their heels,
0 fy for fliame!
T notice that ye ca' them de'ils,
1 do the fame.
XIII.
T o Marriage then, mak nae mair Hand,
But tak' fome lafiie by the hand,
T h o ' neither rich in gowd or land,
To" her haud fteady,
A s PISTOL COCK'D, and on demand,
M y lug file's ready.
XIY.
N o w , my.gude friend, as an adieu,
I'll fay I've gi'en advice to you,
Which I am fure ye'll never rue,
As lang's ye live:
On trial, if 'tis not found true,
Me ne'er believe.
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Quote on front page: "The Letter-gae of Holy Rhyme, Set up at the board-head, And a' he faid was thought a crime To contradict indeed. For in clark lear he was right prime, And con'd baith write and read. Christ's Kirk on the Green."
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Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
Courtship and Marriage
Poetry
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Genre: romance
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Domejlic Happinefs
Exhibited\
I N
1.
THE
FIRESIDE.
A POJLM.
BY D R . C O T T O N *
H.
JOHN ANDERSON, MY JOE.
IMPROVED.
BY R O B E R T B U R N S .
G L A S G O W :
H I N T E D FOR A N D SOLD BY
Brafli & Reid.
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THE
FIRESIDE.
r.
D k A R Cloe, while the b u f y croud*
T h e vain, the w e a l t h y , and the p r o u d .
In folly's maze advance;
T h o ' fingularity and p r i d e
Ee call'd our choice, we'll ftep afide,
N o r join the giddy dance.
II.
F r o m the gay world we'll oft retire
T o our own family and fire,
W h e r e love our hours e m p l o y s ;
N o noify neighbour enters here,
N o intermeddling Granger n e a r ,
T o fpoil our heartfelt joys.
III.
If fobd happinefs we p r i z e ,
W i t h i n our breafi this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam ;
T h e world hath n o t h i n g to beftow,
From our own felves our blifs mud-flow^
A n d that dear hut our home.
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IV.
Of reft: was N o a h ' s dove b e r e f t ,
W h e n with impatient wing f h e left
T h a t fafe r e t r e a t , the a r k ;
Giving her vain excursions o ' e r ,
T h e d i f a p p o j n t e d bird once m o r e
E x p l o r ' d t h e facred b a r k .
V.
Tho* fools f p u r n H y m e n ' s gentle powers.
W e , w h o i m p r o v e his golden hours,
By fweet experience k n o w ,
T h a t marriage, rightly u n d e r f t o o d ,
Gives to t h e t e n d e r and the good*
A p a r a d i f e below.
VI.
Our babes fliall richefl comforts b r i n g ;
If t u t o r ' d right they'll prove a f p r i n g ,
W h e n c e pleafures ever rife :
W e ' l l form their minds w i t h ftudious c a r ^
T o all that's manly, good, and fair,
A n d train t h e m for the ikies.
VII.
While they our wifeft hours engagd,
T h e y ' l l joy our y o u t h , f u p p o r t ourage$
A n d crown our h o a r y hairs;
T h e y ' l l grow in virtue every d a y ,
A n d thus our fondeft loves repay s
A n d recompense our cares*
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VIII.
Mo borrowed joys! t h e y ' r e all o u r own 8
W h i l e to t h e world we live Unknown,
Or by the world f o r g o t :
M o n a r c h s ! we envy not y o u r ftatey
W e look with pity on the G r e a t ,
A n d blefs o u r h u m b l e lot.
IX.
O u r portion is not large, indeed,
But then how little do we need,
For N a t u r e ' s calls are few !
In this the art of living lies,
T o want no more than m a y fuffice s
A n d make that little do.
X.
W e ' l l t h e r e f o r e felifli with content*
Whate*er kind P r o v i d e n c e has fertt^
N o r aim beyond our power ;
f o r if our (lock be very fmall,
?
Tis p r u d e n c e to enjoy it all,
N o r Iofe the prefent h o u r .
tt.
to be refign'd when ills betide,
P a t i e n t when favours are d e n y ' d ,
A n d pleas'd with favours given
D e a r Cloe, this is wifdom's p a r t ,
"jphis is that incenfe of the h e a r t ,
W h o l e fragrance f m e l k to heaven.
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XII.
W e ' l l afk no long-protra&ed treaty
Since winter-life is feldom f w e e t ;
But when our feaflis o'er,
G r a t e f u l from table we'll arife,
N o r grudge our fons, with envious eyes t
T h e relics of our (lore*
XIII.
T h u s h a n d in hand t h r o ' life we'll g o ;
Its checkered paths of joy and woe
W i t h cautious fteps we'll t r e a d ;
Q u i t its vain fcenes without a tear,
W i t h o u t a trouble, or a fear,
A n d mingle with the dead.
XIV.
W h i l e confc?ence, like a faithful f r i e n d /
Shall t h r o ' the gloomy vale a t t e n d ,
A n d cheer our dying b r e a t h ;
Shall, when all other comforts ceafej
iLike a kind angel w h i f p e r peace,
A ^ d f m o o t h the bed of d e a t h .
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�JOHN ANDERSON, MY JOE,
X MP R 0 r E D.
I.
J O H N A n d e r f o n , rny joe, J o h n , I wonder w h a t
you mean,
T o rife fo foon in the m o r n i n g , and fit up fo late at
e'en,
Ye'll blear out a* y o u r een, J o h n , and why f h o u l d
you do fo,
© a n g fooner to y o u r bed at e'en, J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y
joe.
It.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h a n natiirc fir&
began
T o t r y her canny h a n d , J o h n , h e r mailer-work
was rian ;
A n d you amang them a s J o h n , fo trig f r a e t a p to
toe,
She p r o v ' d to be nae j o u r n e y - w o r k , J o h n A n "
4terfoB s my joe.
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III.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y joe, J o h n , ye w e r e m y firfl
conceit,
A n d ye need na t h i n k it ftrange, J o h n , tho* I ca*
ye trim and neat ;
Tho* fbme fock fay ye're a u l d , J o h n , I never t h i n k
ye fo,
But I t h i n k y e ' r e ay t h e fame to me, J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe.
IV.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y joe, J o h n , we've feen our b a i r n s
bairns,
A n d yet my dear, John A n d e r f o n , I'm h a p p y in
y o u r arms,
A n d fae are ye in mine, J o h n , I'm f u r e ye'll n e ' e r
fay no,
T h o ' t h e days are gane that we hae feen, J o h n
A n d e r f o n , my joe.
V.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h a t p l e a f u r e d o e s
it gie»
T o fee fae mony f p r o u t s , J o h n , f p r i n g u p ' t w e e n
you and m e ,
A n d ilka lad and lafs, J o h n , in o u r footfteps to go
Makes p e r f e A heaven Jiere on e a r t h , J o h n Ajv*
d e r f o n , my joe.
VI.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h e n we were firft
acquaint,
Y o u r locks were like the r a v e n , y o u r b o n n y b r o w
was b r e n t .
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But now y o u r head's t u r n ' d bald, J o h n , y o u r locks
are like t h e fnow,
Yet bleffings on y o u r frofty p o w , J o h n A n d e r f o n ,
m y joe,
VII.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , f r a e y e a r to year
we've part,
A n d Toon that year raaun come, J o h n , will b r i n g
us to our laft,
But let n a ' that affright us J o h n , our hearts were
n e ' e r o u r foe,
W h i l e in innocent delight y/e liv'd, J o h n A n d e r fon, my joe,
VIII.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , we clarnb the hill
thegither,
A n d mony a canty day, J o h n , we've had vvi' ane
anither;
N o w we maun totter down, J o h n , b u t hand in
b a n d we'll go,
^ n d we'll fleep thegither at the foot, J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe.
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Domestic Happiness Exhibited, in I. The Fireside. A Poem. By Dr. Cotton. II. John Anderson, My Joe. Improved
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The Fireside
John Anderson, My Joe. Improved
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Poetry
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Cotton, Nathaniel, 1705-1788.
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
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" Sweet lovely maid, accept thefe lays,
" Thy merit only gave them birth,
" Yho' poor the fwain that fwgs thy fraije,
" Ne'er Jung he, but in praife of -worth*
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will not be deemed undeferving of attention,
as it is defcriptive of a chara&er worthy of
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i.
T O V E L Y power, that o'er the heart,
With gentle defpotifm reigns,
And, with manners void of art,
Leads mankind in willing chains:
II.
Lovely power, of fweetefl joys,
The courteous fmile, the eye benign,
The accent foft, th' affenting voice,
Th' attentive, affable de%n:
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III.
Gentle power, poffefs my breaft,
And, images of foftnefc raife,
And, banifh thence each thought unbleft,
While I ling in Mary's praife.
IV.
I feek not beauty's power to trace,
Tho' of beauty fhe has flore :
Small's beauty's power, and foon its grace,
Will lofe its charm to chafm no more.
V.
Nor praife I yet her wealth, or birth,
Poor the triumphs they beftow,
She prides not things fo void of worth,
Nor ftoops my inufe to praife fo low,
VI.
Nor yet the witty things fhe fays
Seek I on the lyre to found,
Wit is a momentary blaze,
A fpark that dazzles but to wound.
VII.
Let wit, ne'er touch thy firings, my lyre,
A fatal fpark, however its fame,
And O! it kindles many a fire,
Where withers many a lovely name.
VIII.
Thy firings, my lyre, ne'er found its praife,
Wit many a blufning pang hath given,
Drawn many a fon from virtue's ways,
And many a daughter fit for heaven.
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IX.
Let wit, my lyre, ne'er touch thy firings,
'Mid many a wild, and many a thorrt^
Its wandering votaries it brings,
And leaves a phantom in return.
X.
I praife thee, Mary, not for wit;
Good humour'd fenfe is better far,
And that thou haft with manners fit^
Manners mild as morning-ftar.
XI.
It is becaufe thou'rt virtue's child.
Virtue in her fofteft drefs,
Virtue, lovely, fweet and mild,
Virtue, feeking how to blefs*
XII.
The foft addrefs, the fmiling eyes,
The manners gentle and benign,
In thefe, a woman's glory lies,
And thefe, fweet Mary, all are thine.
XIII.
Stealing upon the heart they feize,
With windings foft, yet clofely wove,
When lovely woman {loops to pleafe
The hardeft heart mull bend to love.
XIV.
O! why then lovely females, wander
From where your pride and glory lies^
Why leave the gentle, foft meander,
For boift'rous feas, and ftormy fkies.
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XXI.
Cold difdain and looks of ftate,
Laughter boifTrous, noify wit,
Proud negledt, or loud debate,
Ah! lovely woman ill befit.
XVI.
Sweet courtefy, and winning fmlles,
Manners foft, and void of art—
Thefe, are Love's engaging wiles,
Thefe are they which win the heart.
XVII.
But rougher talks, O! furely never,
For fweet woman were ordain'd.
You lofe by driving to be clever,
What your native charms had gain'cL
XVIII.
Nature made ye gentle creatures,
Take the way where nature leads,
Maidens, view your lovely features,
And feek the vales and fiow'iy meads*
XIX.
Sweetly, flows the foft meander,
On its banks grow every flower,
There, the loves and graces wander,
There, arifes Venus' bower.
XX.
And there, fweet Mary, thou doft {tray,
No mafc'line airs doft thou affume,
Sweet Mary bends her graceful way
Where violets and lilies bloom.
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XXI.
No cold difdain or haughty mien,
On Mary's brow yet ever fate,
Nor proud negled, in her was feen
To children of a lowly fate.
XXII.
For, well fhe argued, birth and power,
And riches, ne'er for pride were given;
The {hining pageants of an hour,
Talents lent by favouring heaven.
XXIII.
Nor e'er the wit did Mary try,
Which flains the model! cheek with fhame,;
Far lefs what with a varnifh'd lie
Difcolours all a fpotiefs name.
XXIV.
Ah! no, for a much nobler end,
Her wit the lovely Mary us'd;
To cheer the humble, or defend
The fame of innocence abus'd.
XXV.
Qft, have I fat, and, with an eye*
Of filent pieafure, on her gaz'd,
While the bent flower of modeft dye,
All drooping, fhe has gently rais'd.
XXVI.
How oft delighted have I fat,
And view'd the charmer's gentle fchefnes,
To lead the humble to forget
And. flill his fears in pleafing dreams*
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XXVII.
How oft delighted have I feen
Her fondly take the fallen's part,
With quickeft thought, and nobleft mien,
And yet with fuch a gentle art—
XXVIII.
A manner, fearful to ofFend,
Yielding, yet firm, to virtue's right,
She argued only to befriend,
Delighting, only to delight.
XXIX.
0 lovely maid! oft have I turn'd,
Prom brows of haughty fcorn to thee,
When infults in my bofom burn'd,
For haughty looks have wounded jne.
XXX.
And infults haughty looks I deem,
And cold replies, or proud negle&,
More galling far, becaufe they feem
Convey'd with manners of r e f p e d - ^
XXXI.
1 turn'd, and found a gentle balm,
That 'jfwag'd the tumults of my bread,
Thy fweet replies, bade all be calm.
Thy fmiles, reftor'd my foul to reft.
XXXII.
Then, lovely maid, accept thefe lays,
Thy merit, only, gave them bjjrth,
Tho' poor the fwain that fings thy praife,
Ne'j^r fung he, but in praife of worth.
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Nor ftoop'd he e'er to fawn the great,
Or praife what fell from folly's tongue,
He faw no charms in pomp or ftate,
And what he faw not, ne'^r he fung*
XXXIV;
Tho' poor the fwain that fings thy praife,
He fcorns to bow at flatt'ry's fhrine,
Put on this crown of humble bays,
For not a wreath is there but thine.
XXXV.
And find you in this crown of bays,
A flow'r lil-chofen, or ill-weav'd,
Blame not a youth who feeks no praife,
Nor wiflies but to be believ'd.
XXXVI.
Too proud to fawn, to hope too low,
He never fann'd love's gentle fire,
Sweet worth to praife, and praifing (how.
Was all his fwelling heart's defire.
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Poetry
Religion and Morals
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Genre: religion & morals
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
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CAUTION TO HUSBANDS
AGAINST
THRIFTY
WIVES.
DEMONSTRATING
T H E RUINOUS
TENDENCY
OF
TOO
MUCH
ECONOMY.
By CHRISTOPHER CAKELING,
OF CRANBOUR.NE-ALLEY.
" It is truly alarming to reJleSl on the great number of Huf~
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bands 'who are in the high ivay of being abfoluidy ruin*
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ed by the matchlefs economy of their wives."
ANON
TO w h i c h a r e a d d e d ,
S E L E C T
J E S T S .
G L A S G O W :
PRINTED
FOR AND SOLD
Brafh & Reid*
BY
�A
CAUTION,
TO
T H E
EDITOR.
CRANBOURNE-ALLEY.
D o
you k n o w , m y d e a r Sir, t h a t I am in t h e h i g h
r o a d to be ruined b y e c o n o m y ? N e v e r did a p o o r
m a n p a y fo d e a r in o r d e r to fave m o n e y ; a n d it is
ail o w i n g to t h e c r y t h a t has b e e n lately fet u p a b o u t f c a r c i t y , t h a t I am f a i r l y d r i v e n out of my o w n
h o u f e , and am t h e l a u g h i n g flock of all m y n e i g h bours.
You m u f l k n o w t h a t I h a v e the good f o r t u n e t o e n j o y t h e beft wife in t h e w o r l d . She is a p a t t e r n t o
all her a c q u a i n t a n c e . She looks i n t o e v e r y t h i n g h e r felf, is q u i t e n o t a b l e , a g r e a t m a n a g e r ; an excellent
m a r k e t - w o m a n , and k n o w s t h e cheapeft: f h o p in t o w n
for every article t h a t we w a n t . T h i s is n o t o n l y a
g r e a t c o m f o r t as well as f a v i n g to oiirfelves, b u t a
great convenience to o u r f r i e n d s * f u r , w h e n a n y of
t h e m w a n t to buy a g o w n , or a p o u n d of railins, t h e y
are f u r e not only to c o n f u l t m y wife, b u t to t a k e h e r
w i t h them for fear t h a t t h e y f h o u l d be i m p o f e d Upon ;
and t h e k i n d foul is e v e r y day u p o n h e r feet t r u d g i n g
i n t o the c i t y w i t h one f r i e n d or a n o t h e r , b e c a u f e
really in t h e city things may be b o u g h t f o r a l m o f t h a l f
p r i c e ; and*this I can allure y o u , is t r u e , f r o m t h e ext r a o r d i n a r y bargains t h a t ilie c o n f l a n t l y m a k e s .
But, my d e a r Sir, to m y m i s f o r t u n e s . — t need n o t
tell y o u , Sir, w h o h a v e fo well d e f c r i b e d t h e p r e f e n t
l c a r c i t v , t h a t every feeling h e a r t is anxious to leffea
t h e c o n f u m p t i o n of w h e a t , a n d to m a k e as g r e a t a f a v ing as poflible of bread in thefe h a r d times. T h e n u m b e r of f u b f t i t u t e s for flour w h i c h have been fuggeftcd b y
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t h e ingenious Sir John Sinclair, Prefident of the Board
of Agriculture, and others, ftruck my wife very forcibly.
— " Dear me !" (lie faid one morning at breakfaft-—•
" how fimple the receipt is !—Juft: one half flour, and
one half potatoes. I declare I will try it—and then
we ill a 11 make ouf own b r e a d , and what a faving t h a t
will be ! It is but having a little cart-iron oven put u p
at the fide of the kitchen grate, and it will be the m o d
convenient and h a n d y thing in the world-—it will
bake a pie or a few tarts upon occafion; and you k n o w ,
m y love, it will keep your leg of mutton hoc and comfortable any time that you fliould happen to be detained at Lloyd's. W h a t do you t h i n k of it, my d e a r ? "
1 never have an opinion of my own upon any fubje<5t
of this kind. M y wife is fovereign out of the counting-houfe, which is my only t e r r i t o r y . <c My d e a r , "
fays I — " you k n o w be ft. It is furely the d u t y of ever y one to leflen the c o n f u m p t i o n of wheat; and, if you
t h i n k a ini^ed bread will anfwer, I would have you
t r y i t ; b u t , my love, might you not make your exper i m e n t , and fend the loaf to the ba^kehoufe, and not
b u y an oven till you fee how it a n f w e r s ? " ? Qh dear,
«
no, by no m e a n s ; now that is always your way. M y
G o d ! t r u f l a baker with an experiment when lie is to
be deprived of our cuftom if it fucceeds! No, I t h a n k
y o u . W h y , he would b u r n it on purpofe. , ? T h e r e is
no arguing with my wife,{he is fo clever; and, bciides,
when once flie takes> up a thing, flie finds out fo m a n y
advantages in a m i n u t e , t h a t did not ftrike h e r at firft,
t h a t the fecond reafons are often more forcible t h a n
the original inducement. Thi.s was precifely the cafe
about the little caft-iron o v e n ; it was thought of o n r
ly for the fake of the potatoe-bread ; but fuch a variety of ufes, for an oven pame crowding upon her mind,
that {he wondered how we had ever been able to go
OR without an oven.—An oven would fave itfelf m
£\yo months in the expence of f u e l ; for ilie declared
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for her own p a r t that fhe liked baked meat as well as
roaft, and whenever I dined out, fhe and the children
could do very well with a bit of a beef-fteak pie, or a
b a k e d fhoulder of m u t t o n , and, befides, a eafi-iron
oven was no expence—She faw one fold at an au&iori
for a couple of guineas, and (lie knew the b r o k e r t h a t
bought i t ; he lived in Moorfields, for fhe often dealt
w i t h him.*'—-I did not fay a word more.
W h e n I came home to d i n n e r , my wife told me with
great joy, that f h e had got the oven, and the b r i c k layer was coming in the morning to fet it; and f h e
bad only paid two guineas and a half, and it was as
good as new. T h e r e was not a fmgle crack about it,
and it was quite charming.
T h e r e was only one
t h i n g that fhe did not k n o w how to m a n a g e — t h e r e
was not room by the fide of the fire for the oven without removing the boiler. But flie was f a r e , if the
bricklayer had not been an afs, he might have c o n t r i v ed it fomehow. But, hang the c o p p e r , it was not
wanted o f t e n ; it might be put u p in the lirtie back
cellar under the counting-houfe, It would be eafy,
the bricklayer faid, to carry up a flue. I faw fhe had
fettled the whole plan, and fhe entertained me d u r i n g
dinner with the preparations fhe had made for our
new bread. She was hire, f h e faid, that potatoes
would be dear, bccaufe every body was going to eat
t h e m , and (lie had therefore the precaution to buy in
as many as fhe thought ivould ferve us for the winter*
s
' G o o d G o d ! my dear, they wii! fpoil. W h e r e can
you keep them?'* " I warrant you I'll find r o o m , "
fays flie; " a n d as to their f p o i | i n g , I'll anfwer for
t h e m . How do I preferve pears till the m o n t h of
J u n e ? and fureiv they are more delicate than potatoes." I kno>v how clever m y wife is at thefe things.
H e r prefe'rves are excellent, and there is not a week
b u t fome of our friends are forced to fend to us for
a pot or two, when their own are all f p o i l t ; . and my
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wife always takes care to have enough on t h a t v e r y
account.
Well, Sir, next day my wife begged of me to dine at
t h e cofFee-houfe, becaufe I knew the kitchen would be
quite taken u p with the b r i c k l a y e r ; and flie was de->
termined to lofe n o time, for flie would have a loaf
r e a d y to put in as foon as the oven was fet. Well,
Sir, I went to Slaughter's coffee- houfe, and told m y
friends how neceflary it was for every body to fet an
example, in thefe hard times, of eating a mixed b r e a d ,
and that I had determined to introduce it in my own
family. Indeed, I faid, my wife was a&ually about it.
Aye, M r . Cakeling," faid a neighbour, " you are t h e
man to lead us the w a y ; you have a wife that knows
how to do every thing. I'll be bound that flie makes
bread fit for a prince if f h e f e t s about i t . " T h i s is t h e
way, my dear Sir, that ail my friends f p e a k about m y
wife, flie has got fuch a name for clevernefs. So I
went home quite full of our new bread-^-No—quite elated I m e a n — f o r oh, my dear Sir, to this day, and it
is fix weeks ago fince we began to bake, I have not
•got a belly-full of home made b r e a d .
I wifli I had time to go t h r o u g h all our experiments.
One time our loaf would not r i f e — a n o t h e r time it
would not come out—it fluck faft to the b o t t o m — i t
wanted fait, it had too much fait—it \vas too wet, it
was too dry ! it was fometimes quite dough, but in ge»
neral it was b u r n t t o a cinder. It went on this way
for the firft w e e k ; my wife and I could not difcover
the reafon. W e had tried potatoes in every w a y ; we
had boiled t h e m , m a f h e d them, pulverifed them, p o u r ed water after water over them to make them white ?
we had reduced (I fay ive, for being a national objedt, I
was h a p p y to take a p a r t ; befides, I own, I was a little
on t h e alert, for I had promifed my friends at Slaughter's to bring them a loaf) we had reduced ao lbs. of
potatoes to 2, and had made excellent flarcb of it ?
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though we could not make b r e a d . W e had conftimed
half the flock of potatoes that was to ferve us all winter, without getting a fmgle loaf that was eatable.—
My wife cried for vexation. She was f u r e there muft
be fomething in the m a t t e r that we did not dream of,
for ilie knew as well how to make bread as any baker
in E n g l a n d ; but llie would find it out before f h e
Uept.
A n old baker who had now turned flour-fa&or, of
<»ur acquaintance, was called in, not becaufe f h e did
not know, as well as any baker in England, how to
make bread ; but there might be fome knack in m a n a ging the oven, that ille was unacquainted with—fomething in the way of heating it—or of putring the
bread in it — or of taking it out. In ihort, for once
f h e would take advice. " L o r d , M a ' a m , " fays the
fiour-fa<5tor, " it is no wonder you could not fucceed
-—why, M a ' a m , you have got one of thofe k i c k f h a w
iron ovens. L o r d blefs you! they don't anfwer, t h e y ' d
b u r n all the bread in the world before they'd bake it.
T h e r e ' s no doing any good with an iron o v e n . " M y
wife was flruck d u m b , but yet (lie was fatisfied. Sh©
was completely a c q u i t t e d - ^ t h e fault did not lie with
Tier; but, however, it would be eafv to alter it, a fmafl
oven might be built for a mere trifle on the good old
p l a n ; and an oven I accordingly got.
But mark the confequences. T h e kitchen chimney
was torn down, and fome how or other the flue was
i n j u r e d . It wasimpoffible to live in it for fmoke.—
My maid gave us wurning, flie could not live in it; and
I was forced to dine at the coffee-houfe every d a y .
M y wife, however, is a woman of refource. She applied to an ingenious mechanic, who has great fkill in
chimneys. T h i s man has invented a fine a p p a r a t u s
for a kitchen. He has a range that does every t h i n g
-—it boiis, roads, (lews, and bakes al) by the fame fire,
£nd the expenee is nothing, for it faves itfelf in fire m
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a t w e l v e m o n t h . Nothing would fatis r y my wife b u t
to have a riew-fafhioned r a n g e ; and accOrdiiigly at aii
expence of more than 50I. I have got my kitchen met a m o r p h o f e d ; and 1 am making mixed bread at no a l lowance.
M y wife has got into the way. T h i s caft-iron oven
on the new pian fucceeds to a miracle; arid 1 lbouid
be quite h a p p y if it were riot for the expence. But
really, my dear Sir, there is nothing fo dear as economy. I calculate that every quartern-loaf of bread
which I make cofts me h a l f - a - c r o w n ; and this is not
the w o r d of it. Sometimes we all get the gripes into
t h e bargain. I believe that my apothecaries bill will
come to a good r o u n d f u m for counteracting tlie effects of the ftaff of life.
1 do not afcribe this to my w i f e ; no, Sir, flie is the
t
befl woman upon e a r t h ; but you k n o w it was natural
t h a t fhe ihould try all mixtures. So one day we had
wheat and barley, and that gave us d y f e n t e r y . T h e
next we had a mixture of oatmeal, arid that put o u r
blood into a f e v e r : on the third we had potatoe bread,
and then we had indigeflion. In f h o r t , without knowing at fiid the reafon, we have all been u n w e l l ; have
all had occafion for the apothecary. A n d we are ail
beginning again, without v e n t u r i n g , however* to fay
fo, to wifli for plain old hoiifehold bread from the b a ker.
M y neighbours h a v e fomehow or a n o t h e r found this
Out; and Lam truly to be pitied. T h e y afk me jeeringiy how many h u n d r e d weight of potatoes go to a
q u a r t e r n loaf; and the very fhmr-fa<£tor that my wife
called in faid to my face, at the Langbourn W a r d coffee-houfe, t h a t , if this faving plan went on, all the
flour in the kingdom would be wafted ; and to tel! you
the t r u t h I begin to t h i n k fo.
CHRISTOPHER
CAKELING.
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JESTS.
1. SOME y e a r s ago, t w o C o m e d i a n s b e l o n g i n g t o C o v e n t - G a r d e n T h e a t r e h a v i n g a wager a b o u t w h i c h of
t h e m f u n g beft, t h e y a g r e e d to r e f e r it t o D r . A r n e ,
w h o u n d e r t o o k t o be a r b i t r a t o r on this occafion. A l a y
w a s a c c o r d i n g l y agreed o n , and b o t h t h e p a r t i e s exec u t e d to t h e b e d of t h e i r abilities b e f o r e h i m . A s f o o n
as t h e y h a d finished, t h e DocStor p r o c e e d e d t o g i v e
j u d g m e n t in t h e following m a n n e r : " A s for y o u , S i r , "
a d d r e f l i n g himfelf t o t h e firft, " you a r e b y m u c h t h e
nvorjl linger 1 ever h e a r d in m y life.*' A h , f a y s t h e o t h e r , e x u l t i n g l y , 1 k n e w I fliould win m y w a g e r . —
M
S t o p , S i r , " fays t h e D o & o r , " I h a v e a w o r d to f a y
t o you b e f o r e y o u g o ; w h i c h is t h i s , t h a t as f o r y o u ,
Sir, you cannot fing at all?*
2. A MAN w h o t r a v e l l e d t h e c o u n t r y , a n d got his
b r e a d b y flying upoll a r o p e off t h e tops of fteeples*
&c. a p p l i e d once to a l e a r n e d Bifliop f o r leave to fly
f r o m t h e t o p of t h e C a t h e d r a l , and engaged f o m e p e o p l e of w e i g h t to f p e a k in his f a v o u r : t o w h o m his
L o r d i h i p replied ; " *Tis inconfiftent w i t h my d u t y
a n d t h e n a t u r e of my f u n c t i o n , to p e r m i t a n y m a n t o
fly from t h e C h u r c h ; b u t y o u r f r i e n d m a y fly to i t , if
he will."
3. WHILE a f c h o l a r was b l o w i n g his fire, t h e n o f e of
his bellows d r o p t o f f : I fee i n d e e d , fays h e , it is cold
w e a t h e r , for t h e nofe of t h e v e r y bellows d r o p s .
4. A GENTLEMAN being at C h u r c h , h a d his p o c k e t
p i c k e d of his w a t c h , a n d c o m p l a i n i n g of it to a f r i e n d
of his, he r e p l i e d , H a d you w a t c h e d as well as p r a y e d ,
y o u r w a t c h h a d been f e c u r e : But t h e next w a t c h y o u
carry about you, remember thefe lines;
lid that a Watch mould ivear, this he mujl do,
Packet his IVatch, and ivatch his,pocket too.
F I N I S .
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A Caution To Husbands against thrifty wives demonstrating the ruinous tendency of too much economy by of Cranbourne-Alley. To which are added, Select jests.
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Quoted on title-page: ""It is truly alarming to reflect on the great number of Husbands who are in the high way of being absolutely ruined by the matchless economy of their wives." Anon."
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Select jests.
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8 pages
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Five Favourite Songs, Scots and English by Various Authors.
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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Chapbook #47 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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Quote on title-page: When we came in by Glasgow town: We were a comely sight to see; My love was i' the black velvet, And I myself in cramasie."
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Ballads and songs
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One morning very early
Verses from the Duenna
O Waly Waly, &c.
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The night her silent, &c.
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Gil Morrice. A Scottish Ballad. Upon which The Chief Incidents In the Tragedy of Douglas are Founded.
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Quoted on title-page,: "His hair was like the threeds of gold, Drawne frae Minerva's Loome: His lipps like roses drapping dew, His breath was a ' perfume. His brow was like the mountain snow Gilt by the morning beam: His cheeks like living roses glow: His een like azure stream."
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ballads & songs
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George Barnwell. An Old English Ballad. Upon Which The Chief Incidents In The Tragedy of George Barnwell Are Founded.
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The London merchant: or, the history of George Barnwell
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ballads & songs
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The Lass of Fair Wone; Or, The Parson's Daughter Betrayed. A Celebrated Ballad, Translated from the German Of Burger.
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Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
Crime
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English Short Title Catalogue T131001
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The parson's daughter betrayed
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JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.
Publisher
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
Source
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Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
Type
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ballads & songs
supernatural & ghost stories
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid