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Christopher Marlowe (26 February 1564 - 30 May 1593 / Canterbury, England)
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The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon 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 poises,
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;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The shepherds's 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.
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'And a thousand fragrant posies' not 'poises'!
wonderfully constructed...........
beauty enough to feel on one's pulse!
Very good poem, thanks.
I invite you to read my poems and comment.
beautiful... celebration of love
Marlowe escaped to France to avoid sure death in England. It is appropriate to quote a few lines from the Kingston Trio's Rasberries, Strawberries...
'An old man returns to Paris
as ev'ry old man must
He finds the winter winds blow cold
His dreams have turned to dust...
Head to foot beautification of the lady love by this lover is something naturally beautiful and surely will make any bride accept her lover willingly without fail!
Its beautifull and reminds of unearthly promises and vows of bringing stars and moon to one's beloved's feet to woo her.....nicely written lovely poem...thanx
I find this poem to be very serene and tranquil. I like it
The responses to Marlowe's 'Passionate Shepherd' on this site range from the merely idiotic to the uncomprehending. So one thinks the poem to be 'too long',
another that's it's not very well-written, and others seem to have missed Marlowe's point entirely. The best remedy is to read this poem in context with Raleigh's poem 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd.' Perhaps Sarkis Krikorian would benefit from such a reading, because Raleigh's 'Reply' depends on common sense, a practical woman's response to all the gush of a romantic male intent on achieving his desires. Shakespeare would probably have agreed with Raleigh in the matter of romantic love and its pitfalls. And Keats was a romantic, but one who recognized the dangers inherent in 'passionate love'! Read the 'The Eve of St. Agnes' as contrast to 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'!