Christopher Marlowe
The Passionate Shepherd to his love
Come live with me, and be my love, | ||
And we will all the pleasures prove | ||
That valleys, groves, hills and fields, | ||
Woods, or steepy mountain yields. | ||
5 | And we will sit upon the rocks, | |
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks | ||
By shallow rivers, to whose falls | ||
Melodious birds sing madrigals. | ||
And I will make thee beds of roses, | ||
10 | And a thousand fragrant posies, | |
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle, | ||
Embroiderd all with leaves of myrtle. | ||
A gown made of the finest wool | ||
Which from our pretty lambs we pull, | ||
15 | Fair lined slippers for the cold, | |
With buckles of the purest gold. | ||
A belt of straw and ivy-buds, | ||
With coral clasps and amber studs, | ||
And if these pleasures may thee move, | ||
20 | Come live with me, and be my love. | |
The shepherd swains shall dance and sing | ||
For thy delight each May-morning, | ||
If these delights thy mind may move, | ||
Then live with me, and be my love. |
Robert Clark