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Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Chr. Marlow THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
Come1 live with mee2, and be my love,
And3 we will all the pleasures4 prove,
That Vallies, groves, hills and fieldes5,
Woods, or steepie mountaine yeeldes6.
And7 wee will8 sit9 upon the10 Rocks,5
Seeing the Sheepheards feede theyr11 flocks,
By shallow Rivers, to12 whose falls,
Melodious byrds sing13 Madrigalls.
And14 I will15 make16 thee17 beds18 of Roses,
And19 a thousand20 fragrant21 posies22,10
A cap of flowers, and a23 kirtle,
Imbroydred all with leaves of Mirtle.
A gowne made24 of the finest wooll,
Which from our pretty25 Lambes we pull,
Fayre lined slippers26for the cold:15
With buckles of the purest gold.
A belt of straw, and Ivie buds,
With Corall27 clasps and Amber studs,
And if28 these pleasures may thee29 move,
Come30 live with mee, and be my love.20
The Sheepheards Swaines shall daunce and sing,
For thy delight each May-morning.
If these delights thy minde may move;
Then live with mee, and be my love.
1 Come: om. PP Rx Rs
2 live with mee: If thou wilt live Rs
3 And: Then Rs
4 all the pleasures: every pleasure Rs
5 Vallies, groves, hills and fieldes: hilles and vallies, dales and fields PP: valleis, groves, the hills and filds Rw(c): hills and valleis, groves and filds Rw(u): vallyes groves and woodds or feildes T: vallies, Groves, or hils, or fields W, F: hill or dales woodds or fieldes Rs: grove or valley, hill or field Bd
6 Woods, or steepie mountaine yeeldes: And all the craggy mountaines yeeld PP: Woods, or steepy Mountaines yeelds Rx: Woods and steepest mountaynes yeelds Rw: Woods or craggi mountaines yieldes A: And craggie rockes or mountaines yieldes T: Or woods and steepie mountains yeelds W F: Rivers or steepy mountaines yieldes Rs: Or wood and steepy mountain yield Bd
7 And: There PP: Where Rw A T W F Bd: Then Rs
8 wee will: will we PP Rs
9 sit: sett Rs
10 upon the: on rising Bd
11 theyr: our W F
12 to: by PP
13 sing: sings EH T
14 And: There PP A Rs: Where Rw T: Pleas'd Bd
15 I will: will I PP A Bd: wee will T
16 make: lye on Rs
17 thee: om. T
18 beds: a bedd PP T
19 And: With PP: Drest with A: And then W F: And make Rs: And twine Bd
20 a thousand: thowsande other T
21 fragrant: flagrant Rs
22 posies: poesies EH: poses PP Rx Rw A T Rs
23 a: rural Bd
24 gowne made: jaunty gown Bd
25 our pretty: the little T
26 Fayre lined slippers: Slippers lin'd choicely W F: And shoes lin'd choicely Bd
27 Corall: Amber T
28 And if: If Rw(c) T
29 pleasures may thee: things thy mind may Rw(u) A Rs: delights thy mind may Rw(c) T
30 Come: Then PP A T Rs: To Bd
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