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" 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. "
Alphonsus, king of Arragon. James the Fourth. George-a-Greene, the pinner of ... - Page 276
by Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 324 pages
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...of bliss : A mind content both crown and kingdom is. "AH! WHAT IS LOVE?" A ll ! what is love ? It is a pretty thing, **- As sweet unto a shepherd as a...wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest cares to frown ; Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires gain, What lady would not love...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...enjoyed, it sighing cries Heigh-ho ! SAMUEL DANIEL. AH ! "WHAT IS LOVE ? AH ! what is love ? It is face to frown : Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires gain, What lady would not love...
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The Norfolk garland: a collection of the superstitious beliefs and practices ...

John Glyde - Ballads, English - 1872 - 526 pages
...in 1831, was edited by the Eev. Alexander Dyce. THE SHEPHERD'S WIPE'S SONG. Ah, what is love ? It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,...crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown. All, then ! ah, then ! If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...cries Heigh-ho ! • SAMUEL DANiELАН ! WHAT IS LOVE f AH ! what is love ? It is a pretty tiling, t a cre face to frown : Ah then, ah then, If conn try loves such sweet desires gnin, What lady would not love...
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The Norfolk Garland: A Collection of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices ...

John Glyde (jr) - Ballads, English - 1872 - 428 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...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...
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The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene & George Peele: With ...

Robert Greene, George Peele - 1874 - 640 pages
...shepherd's wife as she Was not more in Theesaly. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONÓ. Ая, what is love ? It is a pretty thing,, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king;...cares that wait upon a crown, And cares can make the iweeteet love to frown : Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet désirée do gain. What lady...
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Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley

William Minto - English poetry - 1874 - 506 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 " ? In more regular and even measures, Greene is comparatively stiff and restrained. One of his longest...
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Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley

William Minto - English poetry - 1874 - 518 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 " ? In more regular and even measures, Greene is comparatively stiff and restrained. One of his longest...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...not enjoyed, it sighing cries Heigh-ho ! SAMUEL DANIEL. AH ! WHAT IS LOVE ? AH ! what is love ? It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,...wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest face to frown : Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires gain, What lady would not love...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...both crown and kingdom is. ROBERT GREENE. THE SONO OF THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE. AH ! what is love ! It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,...wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown ; Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not...
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