Love
Of a Nightingale that flue to Colche to sit abroode
From Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets (1567)
Love
THou sielie foule what meanes this foolish paine,
to flie to Colche too hatch thy chickins there?
A Mother thou mayst hap returne againe,
Medaea will destroie thy broode I feare.
For shée that spared not to spoile hir owne,
Wil she stand friend to Fowles yt are vnknowne?
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Turberville, George. “Of a Nightingale that flue to Colche to sit abroode.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/turberville/86/.
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Turberville, George. “Of a Nightingale that flue to Colche to sit abroode.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/turberville/86/.
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