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Caroline Keppel
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Lady Caroline Keppel (20 August 1737 – 11 September 1769) was a Scottish noblewoman who wrote the lyrics to "Robin Adair". She was the wife of the surgeon Robert Adair.
Quotes
What’s this dull town to me? Robin’s not near.He whom I wished to see, Wished for to hear;Where’s all the joy and mirthMade life a heaven on earth?O! they’re all fled with thee, Robin Adair.
"Robin Adair", st. 1 (wr. 1750s), in Bruce's Address, &c. (Glasgow, 1823), pp. 5–6
Mentioned in Jane Austen, Emma (1815), ch. 10
External links
Wikidata:Q42796899
Category:1737 births
Category:1769 deaths
Category:Women from Scotland