There will I make thee a bed of roses, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrt.e. A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs; LOVE'S ANSwer. If that the world and love were young, As it fell upon a day, XIX. 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: Every thing did banish moan Save the nightingale alone: 1 We insert this poem in the order in which it appears in The Passionate Pilgrim. The variations of other copies will be found in our Illustrations. 2 This poem is also incompletely printed in "England's Helicon;" where it bears the signature Ignoto. There are some variations in the twenty-eight lines there given, as in the case before us, of grove in The Passionate Pilgrim, which in "England's Helicon" is group. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Senseless trees, they cannot hear thee; All thy friends are lapped in lead : Words are easy like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. Every man will be thy friend, Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend; No man will supply thy want. 1 Up-till. This is given against in "England's Helicon." 2 Bears. In "England's Helicon" beasts. 3 The poem in "England's Helicon " here ends; but the two lines with which it concludes are wanting in The Passionate Pilgrim. If that one be prodigal, 66 Pity but he were a king." Quickly him they will entice; They have him at commandement; SONG. Take, O, take those lips away, But my kisses bring again, Hide, O, hide those hills of snow, Which thy frozen bosom bears, Are of those that April wears. 1 The collection entitled The Passionate Pilgrim, &c., ends with the Sonnet to Sundry Notes of Music which we have numbered XIX. Malone adds to the collection this exquisite song, of which we find the first verse in Measure for Measure. (See Illustrations.) |