 AH, what is love ? It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king ; And sweeter too, For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown : Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain,...  The Tuftonian - Page 841900Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Lang - Ballads, English - 1891 - 288 pages
...blither, too ; For kings have often fears when they do sup, Where shepherds dread no poison in their cup. Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? To bed he goes, as wanton then, I ween, As is a king in dalliance with a queen; More wanton, too, —... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - Ballads, English - 1891 - 340 pages
...merrier too, For kings bethink them what the state require, Where shepherds careless carol by the fire : Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? He kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds as doth the king his meat ; And... | |
 | William Ralph Hall Caine - English poetry - 1892 - 320 pages
...sustained by charity, and at the house of a poor shoemaker he died in 1592. The Shepherd's Wife's Song AH, what is love ? It is a pretty thing, As sweet...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded, he comes home at night, As merry as a king in his delight ; And merrier too,... | |
 | William Edward Simonds - English fiction - 1894 - 256 pages
...that wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown: Ah then, ah then, If countrie loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded, he comes home at night As merry as a king in his delight, And merrier too... | |
 | William Edward Simonds - English fiction - 1894 - 256 pages
...and broils to take in hand When shepherds laugh and love upon the land. Ah then, ah then, If countrie loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? VII. JACK WILTON. [" The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton," published by Thomas Nash... | |
 | Edmund Kerchever Chambers - Country life - 1895 - 368 pages
...brightest glass; Such a shepherd's wife as she Was not more in Thessaly. xxin. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG. AH, what is love? It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? His flocks are folded, he comes home at night, As merry as a king in his delight; And merrier too,... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1895 - 438 pages
...when we come a-fishing here ! Anon. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG 51 LVIII THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG AH, what is Love ? It is a pretty thing, As sweet...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded, he comes home at night, As merry as a king in his delight ; And merrier too... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1895 - 434 pages
...SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG AH, what is Love ? It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king; j And sweeter too; For kings have cares that wait upon...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded, he comes home at night, As merry as a king in his delight; And merrier too;... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 410 pages
...too : For kings have wars and broils to take in hand, When shepherds laugh and love upon the land. 45 Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...lady would not love a shepherd swain ? ROBERT GREENE, Farewell to Follv, 1591. CONTENT. SWEET are the thoughts that savor of content. The quiet mind is richer... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 430 pages
...too : For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown. 5 Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded, he comes home at night, As merry as a king in his delight, '° And merrier... | |
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