The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Christopher Marlowe
1564 to 1593
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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And we will sit upon the Rocks,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
A gown made of the finest wool
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Come live with me, and be my love.
Which from our pretty Lambs we pull;
A belt of straw and Ivy buds,
With Coral clasps and Amber studs:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Melodious birds sing Madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of Roses
Then live with me, and be my love.
And if these pleasures may thee move,
With buckles of the purest gold;
For thy delight each May-morning:
The Shepherds' Swains shall dance and sing
Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,
And a thousand fragrant posies,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
Come live with me and be my love,
Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;
By shallow Rivers to whose falls
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.