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                      THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

                             by Christopher Marlowe








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{PASSIONATE_SHEPHERD_TO_HIS_LOVE
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
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     COME live with me and be my Love,
     And we will all the pleasures prove
     That hills and valleys, dale and field,
     And all the craggy mountains yield.
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     There will we sit upon the rocks
     And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
     By shallow rivers, to whose falls
     Melodious birds sing madrigals.
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     There will I make thee beds of roses
     And a thousand fragrant posies,
     A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
     Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.
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     A gown made of the finest wool,
     Which from our pretty lambs we pull,
     Fair lined slippers for the cold,
     With buckles of the purest gold.
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     A belt of straw and ivy buds
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     With coral clasps and amber studs:
     And if these pleasures may thee move,
     Come live with me and by my Love.
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     Thy silver dishes for thy meat
     As precious as the gods do eat,
     Shall on an ivory table be
     Prepared each day for thee and me.
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     The shepherd swains shall dance and sing
     For thy delight each May-morning:
     If these delights thy mind may move,
     Then live with me and be my Love.
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  (See also THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD by Sir Walter Raleigh.)
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                   THE END