She will not stick to round me i' the ear, XX Live with me, and be my love, There will we sit upon the rocks, There will I make thee a bed of roses, A belt of straw and ivy buds, LOVE'S ANSWER. If that the world and love were young, xx. By Marlowe. It was republished, with two more verses, over Marlowe's name in England's Helicon, 1600. The 'Answer,' probably composed by Sir Walter Raleigh in his young days,' first appeared com · ΤΟ 20 plete in England's Helicon. In a famous passage of the Compleat Angler, Walton has given this Song and 'Answer' a setting as charming as themselves. Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.' ་ As it fell upon a day XXI In the merry month of May, Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring; Senseless trees they cannot hear thee; All thy friends are lapp'd in lead; xxi. By Richard Barnfield. It had already appeared in his Poems in Divers Humors, 1598. Verses 1-28 appeared in England's Helicon. 14. Tereu; an imitation of the nightingale's note, with an allusion to the legend of Philomela, whose persecutions by Tereus caused her transformation into a nightingale. 23. Pandion, the father of Philomela. Whilst as fickle Fortune smiled, Every one that flatters thee Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend ; |