 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
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 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, 10 And merrier... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 424 pages
...too: For kings have often fears when they do sup, 20 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, 25 As is a king in dalliance with a queen ; More wanton too:... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 pages
...many griefs affects to move, Where shepherds have no greater grief than love. Ah then, ah then, 3° If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? Upon his couch of straw he sleeps as sound, As doth the king upon his beds of down; More sounder... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 466 pages
...For cares cause kings full oft their sleep to spill, Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill: Ah then, ah then. If country loves such sweet desires...do gain. What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? Thus with his wife he spends the year, as blithe As doth the king at every tide or sith; And blither... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - English poetry - 1897 - 438 pages
...upon my knee ; When thou art old there 's grief enough for thee ! Robert Greene. 96 LOVE IN ARCADY 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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 656 pages
...My time is loosely spent, and I undone. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG From 'The Mourning Garment' An, 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,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1898 - 250 pages
...we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG R. GREENE 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... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 336 pages
...VENUS' Laws approve ; And swore, ' No thing so sweet, and sour, as Love!' 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... | |
 | Mary Lowe Dickinson, Myrta Lockett Avary - Christian education - 1901 - 426 pages
...they give us peace and they make us strong." — Christine Terhune Hcrrick THE SHEPHER.D'5 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,... | |
 | E. J. Mathew - English literature - 1901 - 556 pages
...Shepherd's Wife's Song. (From The Mourning Garment.) " Ah, what is love ? It is a pretty thing, AH sweet unto a shepherd as a king ; And sweeter too,...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,... | |
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