...sweeter too, For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown: Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? No one not utterly callous to the pathos of human life, or warped by some ethical twist beyond the...

...merrier too; For kings bethink then what the state require, Where shepherds careless carol by the fire: Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? He kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds as doth a king his meat; And blither...

...merrier too, For kings bethink them what the state require, Where shepherds careless carol by the fire. Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? He kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds, as doth the king his meat ; And...

...wanton too; For kings have many griefs affects to move, Where shepherds have no greater grief than love: Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG Upon his couch of straw he sleeps as sound As doth a king upon his beds of down;...

...For cares cause kings full oft their sleep to spill, Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill: Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? Thus with his wife he spends the year, as blithe As doth the king at every tide or sithe; And blither...

...merrier too : For kings bethink them what the state require, Where shepherds careless carol by the fire. Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, 15 What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? He kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream...

...kisseth first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds as doth the king his meat; And blither too: For kings have often fears when they do sup, Where...I ween, • As is a king in dalliance with a queen ; - J More wanton too; For kings have many griefs affects to move, Where shepherds have no greater...

...spill. Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill: Ah then, ah then, r•.. ,; •: "'.;:• ' If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? Thus with his wife he spends the year, as blithe As doth the king at every tide or sithe; And blither...

...first, then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curds, as doth the king his meat, And blither too : , For kings have often fears when they do sup, Where...then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires gain What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? R. GREENE (Greene's Mourning Garment). 416. SAMELA...

...For cares cause kings full oft their sleep to spill, Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill. Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires...do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain? 40 Thus with his wife he spends the year, as blithe As doth the king at every tide or sithe, And blither...