by Lumley St George Skeffington (1771 - 1850)
The Woodland Maid
Language: English
The woodland maid, my beauty's queen! In Nature's simple [charm]1 array'd, this heart subdues; - that matchless mien still binds me to the woodland maid. Let others sigh for mines of gold, for wide domain, for gay parade; I would, unmov'd, such toys behold, possess'd of thee, [sweet]2 woodland maid.
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2 Addison: "my"
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
Confirmed with The Lyre, vol. 1, Edinburgh, 1824.
1 Addison: "garb"2 Addison: "my"
Text Authorship:
- by Lumley St George Skeffington (1771 - 1850), "The Woodland Maid" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Addison (b. 1920), "The Woodland Maid" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 51