The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Christopher Marlowe
1564 to 1593
Track 1
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Come live with me, and be my love.
Then live with me, and be my love.
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And I will make thee beds of Roses
With Coral clasps and Amber studs:
By shallow Rivers to whose falls
Come live with me and be my love,
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A belt of straw and Ivy buds,
With buckles of the purest gold;
Which from our pretty Lambs we pull;
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;
The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing
And we will sit upon the Rocks,
If these delights thy mind may move,
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
A gown made of the finest wool
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Melodious birds sing Madrigals.
Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
For thy delight each May-morning:
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