Caroline Keppel

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 mirth
  Made 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