Ramsay, Allan: The gentle shepherd: a Scots pastoral-comedy with new songs (Dublin, 1733)

A PASTORAL COMEDY,

SANG XVII. Tune, Waes my heart that we
shou'd suuder.
Peggj. Speak on, /peak thus, and siillmy gries',
Hold Up a heart that's jinking under
Thefe fears: thatsoen ivtil want relies,
When Pate mufi srom his Peggy sundtr.
A gentler face and jtlk attire,
A lady rich'jn beauty's blossom,
Alake poor me ! will novi coriipire,
Jo kill thee from thy Peggy's bo fom.
No more the fhepherdnhoexceil'd
Therejl, whofe zvit made them to wonder,
Shall now his Peggy'/ praises tell,
J.h! I candle, but never Junder.
Te meadows where we esten Jtray'd,
Ye banks where we were wont to wander}
Stveet-fcentedrucks round which we p'ay'd,
Ycn'iliose your sweets when we're ajunder.
Again ah ! shall 1 never creep
Around the know with Jilent duty,
Kindly to watch thee while asleep,
And wonder at thy manly beauty ?
Hear, heaven, while folemnly I vow,
Tho' thou (houltsftprove a wand'ring lover,
Throw lise to thee I Jhail prove true,
Nor be a wise to any other,
Tdare not think sae high—~I now repine
At the unhappy chance, that made not me
A gentle match, or (till a herd kept thee.
Wha can withouten pain see frae the coast'
The ship that bears his all like to Ixe lost ?
Like to be carried by some rever's hand,
Far frae his wishes to some distant land.
Patie. Ne'er quarrel fate, whilst it with me rtmatns
To rajse thee up, or srill attend these plains.
My father has forbid our loves, I own :
But love's superior to a parent's frown.
C 4 Ifalshood