 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
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...many griefs affects to move, Where shepherds have no greater grief than love. Ah then, ah then, 30 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 bed of down ; More sounder... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1908 - 864 pages
...cold. Though poor and plain his diet Yet merry it is, and quiet. Anon. 386. The Shepherd's Wife's Song AH, what is love ? It is a pretty thing, •^ *•...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;... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1909 - 636 pages
...imagine me the west, Shine in my arms, and set thou in my breast ! 415. 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1909 - 572 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 literature - 1910 - 528 pages
...pastoralist, Nicholas Breton. Nor is Robert Greene behind with the music of his "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 ? And what lover of old poetry ever forgets "that smooth song made by Kit Marlowe," "Come live with... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - English literature - 1910 - 1176 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, 35 As is a king in dalliance with a queen ; More wanton too... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - English literature - 1911 - 1196 pages
...have wars and broils to take in hand When shepherds laugh and love upon the land. Ah then, ah then, 46 If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? ROBERT SOUTHWELL (i 561?-: 595) THE BURNING BABE As I in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,... | |
 | American poetry - 1912 - 432 pages
...shall meet in thee! Reginald Heber [1783-1826] THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG From " The Mourning Garment " For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And cares...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:... | |
 | Poetry - 1912 - 432 pages
...wars and broils to take in hand, Where shepherds laugh and love upon the land: Ah then, ah then, Since country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? "TRUTH DOTH TRUTH DESERVE" From the "Arcadia" WHO doth desire that chaste his wife should be, First... | |
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