Isaac Bickerstaff. 1735-1787.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
Love in a Village. Act i. Sc. 1.
There was a jolly miller once,
Lived on the river Dee;
He worked and sung from morn till night:
No lark more blithe than he.
Love in a Village. Act i. Sc. 2.
And this the burden of his song
Forever used to be,—
I care for nobody, no, not I,
If no one cares for me.[427:3]
Love in a Village. Act i. Sc. 2.
[428]
Young fellows will be young fellows.
Love in a Village. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Ay, do despise me! I 'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
The Hypocrite. Act v. Sc. 1.
Footnotes
[427:3]
If naebody care for me,
I 'll care for naebody.
Burns: I hae a Wife o' my Ain.