Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. I. Early Poetry: Chaucer to Donne
Elizabethan MiscellaniesFrom Englands Helicon: To Colin Clout (Shepherd Tonie)
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Where fairest shades did hide her,
The winds blew calm, the birds did sing,
The cool streams ran beside her.
My wanton thoughts entic’d mine eye
To see what was forbidden:
But better memory said, fie,
So vain desire was chidden.
Hey nonnie, nonnie, &c.
When fond imagination
Seemed to see, but could not tell
Her feature or her fashion.
But even as babes in dreams do smile
And sometimes fall a weeping,
So I awaked, as wise this while,
As when I fell a sleeping.
Hey nonnie, nonnie, &c.