Nature
If any floure that here is growne
From The Posies (1575)
If any floure that here is growne,
Or any hearbe may ease your payne,
Take and accompte it as your owne,
But recompence the lyke agayne:
For some and some is honest playe,
And so my wyfe taughte me to saye.
If here to walke you take delight,
Why come, and welcome when you will:
If I bidde you suppe here this night,
Bidde me an other time, and still
Thinke some and some is honest playe,
For so my wife taught me to saye.
Thus if you suppe or dine with mee,
If you walke here, or sitte at ease,
If you desire the thing you see,
And have the same your minde to please,
Thinke some and some is honest playe,
And so my wife taught me to saye.
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MLA
Gascoigne, George. “If any floure that here is growne.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gascoigne/5/.
Chicago
Gascoigne, George. “If any floure that here is growne.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gascoigne/5/.
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