Nature

Holla, Holla!

by William Rowley c. 1585–1626

From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)

Nature

Art thou gone in haste?
I'll not forsake thee;
Runn'st thou ne'er so fast,
I'll o'ertake thee:
O'er the dales, o'er the downs,
Through the green meadows,
From the fields through the towns,
To the dim shadows.

All along the plain,
To the low fountains,
Up and down again
From the high mountains;
Echo then shall again
Tell her I follow,
And the floods to the woods,
Carry my holla, holla!

Ce! la! ho! ho! hu!

MLA

Rowley, William. “Holla, Holla!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rowley/2/.

Chicago

Rowley, William. “Holla, Holla!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rowley/2/.

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