English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Christopher Marlowe
85. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
C
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and field,
Or woods or steepy mountain yields.
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroider’d all with leaves of myrtle.
Which from our pretty lambs we pull,
Fair linèd slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold.
With coral clasps and amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me and be my Love.
As precious as the gods do eat,
Shall on an ivory table be
Prepared each day for thee and me.
For thy delight each May-morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my Love.