The Affectionate Shepherd
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But let mee feele the force of thy lead pyle, What should I doo with love when I am old? I know not how to flatter, fawne, or smyle; Then stay thy hand, O cruell bowman, hold! For if thou strik'st me with thy dart of gold, I sweare to thee by Joves immortall curse, I have more in my hart than in my purse.
The more I weepe, the more he bends his brow, For in my hart a golden shaft I finde. Cruell, unkinde, and wilt thou leave me so? Can no remorce nor pittie move thy minde? Is mercie in ...the heavens so hard to finde? Oh, then it is no mervaile that on earth Of kinde remorce there is so great a dearth.
How happie were a harmles shepheards life, If he had never knowen what love did meane; But now fond Love in every place is rife, Staining the purest soule with spots uncleane, Making thicke purses thin, fat bodies leane. Love is a fiend, a fire, a heaven, a hell, Where pleasure, paine, and sad repentance dwell!
There are so manie Danaes now a dayes, That love for lucre, paine for gaine is sold; No true affection can their fancie please, Except it be a Jove, to raine downe gold Into their laps, which they wyde open hold: If _legem pone_ comes, he is receav'd, When _Vix haud habeo_ is of hope bereav'd.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But let mee feele the force of thy lead pyle, What should I doo with love when I am old? I know not how to flatter, fawne, or smyle; Then stay thy hand, O cruell bowman, hold! For if thou strik'st me with thy dart of gold, I sweare to thee by Joves immortall curse, I have more in my hart than in my purse.
The more I weepe, the more he bends his brow, For in my hart a golden shaft I finde. Cruell, unkinde, and wilt thou leave me so? Can no remorce nor pittie move thy minde? Is mercie in ...the heavens so hard to finde? Oh, then it is no mervaile that on earth Of kinde remorce there is so great a dearth.
How happie were a harmles shepheards life, If he had never knowen what love did meane; But now fond Love in every place is rife, Staining the purest soule with spots uncleane, Making thicke purses thin, fat bodies leane. Love is a fiend, a fire, a heaven, a hell, Where pleasure, paine, and sad repentance dwell!
There are so manie Danaes now a dayes, That love for lucre, paine for gaine is sold; No true affection can their fancie please, Except it be a Jove, to raine downe gold Into their laps, which they wyde open hold: If _legem pone_ comes, he is receav'd, When _Vix haud habeo_ is of hope bereav'd.
What to read after The Affectionate Shepherd?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Barnfield Richard to read onlineMoreLess
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