Love
Melisea's Song in scorn of her Shepherd Narcissus
From England's Helicon (1600), ed. A. H. Bullen (1887)
Young shepherd, turn aside, and move
Me not to follow thee;
For I will neither kill with love,
Nor love shall not kill me.
Since I will live and never favour show,
Then die not, for my love I will not give.
For I will never have thee love me so,
As I do mean to hate thee while I live.
That since the lover so doth prove
His death, as thou dost see.
Be bold, I will not kill with love,
Nor love shall not kill me.
Codex Note
Signed "Bar. Yong" in England's Helicon.
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Yong, Bartholomew. “Melisea's Song in scorn of her Shepherd Narcissus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yong_b/21/.
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Yong, Bartholomew. “Melisea's Song in scorn of her Shepherd Narcissus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yong_b/21/.
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