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A SONG
1 It was at night his form divine,
2 Did with transplendent beauty shine,
3 And won my right good will;
4 The moon did cast a pleasing ray,
5 We thought it sweeter than the day,
6 And wander'd to the hill.
7 We seem'd to tread enchanted ground,
8 Where fairies keep their midnight round,
9 As I have oft been told;
10 We set us down upon a rock,
11 Where shepherds us'd to feed their flock,
12 In golden days of old.
13 My bosom thrill'd with pleasing pain,
14 He look'd so like that handsome swain,
15 Who charm'd the Grecian fair;
16 I swore by all yon lights above,
17 My heart, till then a foe to love,
18 Did yield like easy air.
[Page 70]19 With envy all condemn my flame,
20 And Prudence says I am to blame,
21 For loving one so rare,
22 Yes, I confess I have been wrong,
23 For not Apollo, God of Song,
24 With Jamie can compare.
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Author: Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)
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Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790, pp. 69-70. 92p. (ESTC T104666) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries — third-party rights apply.)
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Other works by Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)
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- AN ELEGY ()
- THE EMPTY PURSE ()
- EPIGRAM ()
- EPIGRAM ()
- AN EPITAPH ()
- EPITAPH ()
- A HYMN ()
- THE ILL-FATED LOVER ()
- THE LOVE-LORN MAID ()
- A NIGHT SCENE ()
- ON A LADY ()
- ON A LATE DISTURBANCE IN THE THEATRE ()
- ON A REAL INSTANCE OF DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP ()
- ON A YOUNG GENTLEMAN's RETURN FROM JAMAICA ()
- ON A YOUNG LADY ()
- ON A YOUNG LADY, WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR, AND WAS REFUSED ()
- ON MR ****** ()
- ON MR ****** ACTOR ()
- ON RECEIVING A POT OF THYME ()
- ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY ()
- ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE EAST INDIES ()
- ON THE FATE OF CAPTAIN G***** ()
- ON THE ST BERNARD'S CANARY BIRDS ()
- ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE ()
- ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN ()
- A REQUEST ()
- A ROMANTIC SCENE Which happened in the year 1746. ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- THE STAR OF EDEN VALE ()
- THE STRUGGLE ()
- A TALE ()
- TO CAPTAIN **** ()
- TO MR ***** ()
- THE TOOTH ()
- THE TWA DOWS ()
- THE VILLAIN's SOLILOQUY ()
- WORDS OF COURSE ()
- WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE AT BRAID ()
- WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE OF BRAID ()
- A YOUNG LASS's SOLILOQUY ()