THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS

LOVE

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

OME live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies;
A cap of flowers and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.

A gown made of the finest wool,
Which from our pretty lambs we pull,
Fair-lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy-buds,

With coral clasps and amber studs:
An if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.

Thy silver dishes for thy meat
As precious as the gods do eat,
Shall on an ivory table be
Prepared each day for thee and me.

The shepherd-swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning :
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me, and be my love.

ARIEL'S SONGS, No. II

LULLABY FOR TITANIA

Philomel: the nightingale. Philomela, daughter of Pandion, was said to have been changed into a nightingale.

THE APPROACH OF THE FAIRIES

Hecate or Proserpine, Pluto's queen, whom he had carried off to his dark realms.

THE NIGHTINGALE

This poem is given as it appeared in "England's Helicon."
King Pandion: father of Philomela.

SWEET SUFFOLK OWL

Dight: dressed or decked.

A WISH

Fire drake: a fiery dragon; or a sort of fiery meteor.

CHARIS' TRIUMPH

Nard: the shrub called spikenard, famed for its aromatic scent.

HYMN TO DIANA

Diana or Cynthia, the moon goddess.

Hesperus: the evening star.

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ΤΟ ΡΑΝ

Pan: god of shepherds, huntsmen, and country people.

PRAISE OF CERES

Ceres: goddess of corn and harvests.

Champians: champaign, open country.

THE HUNTED SQUIRREL

A sort: a company.

Dray: nest.

THE DESCRIPTION OF WALLA

The River Walla, a tributary of the Tavy, is personified in this

poem.

Diana: goddess of hunting.

THE BAG OF THE BEE

Cupids little Loves.

Venus: mother of Love or Cupid.

A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING

This poem was probably addressed to Richard Lovelace, the poet, describing the wedding of Lord Broghill with Lady Margaret Howard.

THE GRASSHOPPER

Ganymede: cupbearer of the gods.

Phœbus: the sun.

SONGS FROM COMUS

Comus: god of nocturnal feasting and revelry.

ODE ON SOLITUDE

This ode was written when the author was about twelve years old.

MY PEGGY

Wawking of the fauld: watching of the fold. The lave: the others.
Gars: makes. Bauld: bold. Sic: such.

THE NIGHTINGALE

Clown: an ill-bred countryman.