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XXII. Shepheards: And Nimphs

Shepheards: And Nimphs, that trooping,
Were woont to fetch home May with hey and whooping,
Why fit you dead and drooping? Vp, vp for shame, and leaue this heauy mourning,
For Orian is not dead, but liues renowned,
Beyond all humane honour, base earth scorning,
Orian now a Saint in heau'n, Orian now in heau'n is crowned,
Both bonfires and bellringers,
She left vs, and good singers,


Sing then yee Shepheards and Nimphs of Diana,
Farewell faire Oriana,