 | English poetry - 1906 - 218 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 ? He kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds, as doth the king his meat ; And... | |
 | William George Waters - English literature - 1906 - 342 pages
...too, For kings have many griefs effects to move, Where shepherds have no greater grief than love : Ah then, ah then, 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 too,... | |
 | Arthur Symons - English poetry - 1906 - 426 pages
...merrier too; For kings bethink then 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? He kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds as doth a king his meat; And blither... | |
 | Arthur Symons - Poetry - 1906 - 526 pages
...wanton too; For kings have many griefs affects to move, Where shepherds have no greater grief than love: Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG Upon his couch of straw he sleeps as sound As doth a king upon his beds of down;... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...sour; Labor for me, Love rest in prince's bower. THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'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. 5 Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1907 - 892 pages
...plain his diet Yet merry it is, and quiet. 386. The Shepherd's Wife's Song AH, what is love ? It is a pretty thing, -^*• As sweet unto a shepherd as a king; And sweeter too; Anon. For kings have cares that wait upon a crown And cares can make the sweetest love to frown. Ah... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1908 - 864 pages
...spill. Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill: Ah then, ah then, r•.. ,; •: "'.;:• ' 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 sithe; And blither... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1909 - 572 pages
...divine. Heigh ho, fair Rosaline ! 45 ROBERT GREENE THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'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. 5 Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1909 - 570 pages
...she were mine ! About 1588. 1590. ROBERT GREENE THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG Ah, what is love? It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,...too; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And care's can make the sweetest love to frown. 5 Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English literature - 1910 - 512 pages
...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 unto a shepherd as a king;...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... | |
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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. 
