EBBA 34141
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| Young Jemmy, / OR, / The Princely Shepherd. / Being a most pleasant and Delightful New Song. / In blest Arcadia, where each Shepherd feeds / His numerous Flocks, and tunes on slender Reeds; / His song of Love, while the fair nymphs trip round, / The chief amoungst 'um was young Jemmy found: / For he with glances could enslave each heart; / But fond Ambition made him to depart / The Fields to Court, led on by such as sought / To blast his Vertues which much sorrow brought | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
| Author | Aphra Behn |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-ball[,] / West-smithfield. |
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| Collection | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1450 |
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| Title | Young Jemmy, / OR, / The Princely Shepherd. / Being a most pleasant and Delightful New Song. / In blest Arcadia, where each Shepherd feeds / His numerous Flocks, and tunes on slender Reeds; / His song of Love, while the fair nymphs trip round, / The chief amoungst 'um was young Jemmy found: / For he with glances could enslave each heart; / But fond Ambition made him to depart / The Fields to Court, led on by such as sought / To blast his Vertues which much sorrow brought |
| Tune Imprint | To a pleasant New Play-house Tune. Or, in Ianuary last, Or, The Gowlin. |
| First Lines | YOung Jemmy was a Lad, / of Royal birth and Breeding: |
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