Poems &c. By James Shirley | ||
Presenting his Mistris with a Bird.
Walking to taste the welcom Spring,The Birds which cheerful notes did sing
On their green Perches, 'mong the rest,
One whose sweet warble pleas'd me best,
I tempted to the snare, and caught,
To you I send it to be taught;
'Tis young, and apt to learn, and neer
A voice so full of art, and cleer
As yours, it cannot choose but rise
Quickly a Bird of Paradise.
Poems &c. By James Shirley | ||