THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

Come live with mee, and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Vallies, groves, hills and fieldes,
Woods, or steepie mountaine yeeldes.
And wee will sit upon the Rocks,
Seeing the Sheepheards feede theyr flocks,
By shallow Rivers, to whose falls,
Melodious byrds sing Madrigalls.
And I will make thee beds of Roses,
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle,
Imbroydred all with leaves of Mirtle.
A gowne made of the finest wooll,
Which from our pretty Lambes we pull,
Fayre lined slippersfor the cold:
With buckles of the purest gold.
A belt of straw, and Ivie buds,
With Corall clasps and Amber studs,
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with mee, and be my love.
The Sheepheards Swaines shall daunce and sing,
For thy delight each May-morning.
If these delights thy minde may move;
Then live with mee, and be my love.
Chr. Marlow
Come]
  • PP Rx Rs
live with mee]
  • If thou wilt live Rs
And]
  • Then Rs
all the pleasures]
  • every pleasure Rs
Vallies, groves, hills and fieldes]
  • hilles and vallies, dales and fields PP
  • valleis, groves, the hills and filds Rw(c)
  • hills and valleis, groves and filds Rw(u)
  • vallyes groves and woodds or feildes T
  • vallies, Groves, or hils, or fields W, F
  • hill or dales woodds or fieldes Rs
  • grove or valley, hill or field Bd
Woods, or steepie mountaine yeeldes]
  • And all the craggy mountaines yeeld PP
  • Woods, or steepy Mountaines yeelds Rx
  • Woods and steepest mountaynes yeelds Rw
  • Woods or craggi mountaines yieldes A
  • And craggie rockes or mountaines yieldes T
  • Or woods and steepie mountains yeelds W F
  • Rivers or steepy mountaines yieldes Rs
  • Or wood and steepy mountain yield Bd
And]
  • There PP
  • Where Rw A T W F Bd
  • Then Rs
wee will]
  • will we PP Rs
sit]
  • sett Rs
upon the]
  • on rising Bd
theyr]
  • our W F
to]
  • by PP
sing]
  • sings EH T
And]
  • There PP A Rs
  • Where Rw T
  • Pleas'd Bd
I will]
  • will I PP A Bd
  • wee will T
make]
  • lye on Rs
thee]
  • T
beds]
  • a bedd PP T
And]
  • With PP
  • Drest with A
  • And then W F
  • And make Rs
  • And twine Bd
a thousand]
  • thowsande other T
fragrant]
  • flagrant Rs
posies]
  • poesies EH
  • poses PP Rx Rw A T Rs
a]
  • rural Bd
gowne made]
  • jaunty gown Bd
our pretty]
  • the little T
Fayre lined slippers]
  • Slippers lin'd choicely W F
  • And shoes lin'd choicely Bd
]
  • Rx
Corall]
  • Amber T
And if]
  • If Rw(c) T
pleasures may thee]
  • things thy mind may Rw(u) A Rs
  • delights thy mind may Rw(c) T
Come]
  • Then PP A T Rs
  • To Bd
]
  • Rx
]
  • PP Rw A Rs Bd
]
  • PP Rw A Rs Bd

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