The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

Christopher Marlowe

1564 to 1593

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