The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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A pastorell of Phillis and Coridon.
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A pastorell of Phillis and Coridon.
On a hill there growes a flower,
Faire befall the daintie sweet:
By that flower there is a bower,
Where the heauenly Muses meete.
Faire befall the daintie sweet:
By that flower there is a bower,
Where the heauenly Muses meete.
In that bower there is a chaire,
Fringèd all about with golde:
Where doth sit the fairest faire,
That did euer eye beholde.
Fringèd all about with golde:
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That did euer eye beholde.
It is Phillis faire and bright,
She that is the shepheards ioy:
She that Venus did dispight,
And did blind her little boy.
She that is the shepheards ioy:
She that Venus did dispight,
And did blind her little boy.
This is she the wise, the rich,
And the world desires to see,
This is Ipsa quæ the which,
There is none but onely shee.
And the world desires to see,
This is Ipsa quæ the which,
There is none but onely shee.
Who would not this face admire,
Who would not this Saint adore,
Who would not this sight desire,
Though he thought to see no more:
Who would not this Saint adore,
Who would not this sight desire,
Though he thought to see no more:
Oh faire eyes yet let me see,
One good looke, and I am gone.
Looke on me for I am hee,
Thy poore sillie Corridon.
One good looke, and I am gone.
Looke on me for I am hee,
Thy poore sillie Corridon.
Thou that art the shepheards Queene,
Looke vpon thy silly swaine:
By thy comfort haue beene seene,
Dead men brought to life againe.
Looke vpon thy silly swaine:
By thy comfort haue beene seene,
Dead men brought to life againe.
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