Nature
The lark, linnet and nightingale to sing some say are best
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
Nature
The lark, linnet and nightingale to sing some say are best;
Yet merrily sings little Robin, pretty Robin with the red breast.
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Codex Note
From Pammelia, 1609. Bullen prints a line of Donne as epigraph.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “The lark, linnet and nightingale to sing some say are best.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/135/.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “The lark, linnet and nightingale to sing some say are best.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/135/.
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