Love

The Wanton Shepherdess

by John Fletcher 1576–1625

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.

MLA

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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