Love
The Wanton Shepherdess
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Love
Come, shepherds, come!
Come away
Without delay,
Whilst the gentle tune doth stay.
Green woods are dumb,
And will never tell to any
Those dear kisses, and those many
Sweet embraces, that are given;
Dainty pleasures, that would even
Raise in coldest age a fire,
And give virgin-blood desire.
Then, if ever,
Now or never,
Come and have it:
Think not I
Dare deny,
If you crave it.
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Fletcher, John. “The Wanton Shepherdess.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/11/.
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Fletcher, John. “The Wanton Shepherdess.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/11/.
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