The Book of Elizabethan Verse

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Io, pseans let us sing To Physic's and to Poesy's king! Crown all his altars with bright fire, Laurels bind about his lyre, A Daphnean coronet for his head, The Muses dance about his bed; When on his ravishing lute he plays, Strew his temple round with bays. Io, pseans let us sing To the glittering Delian king! 7-Ly'y 5- Hark, Hark! the Lark TTARK, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chalked flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With everything that pretty bin, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise. W. Shakespeare 6. The Lmte Call Pbyllida. CORYDON, arise, my Corydon! Titan shineth clear. Corydon. Who is it that calleth Corydon ? Who is it that I hear ? Phyl. Phyllida, thy true love, calleth thee, Arise then, arise then, Arise and keep thy flock with mel Cor. Phyllida, my true love, is it she ? I come then, I come then, I come and keep my flock with thee. Phyl. Here are cherries ripe for my Corydon; Eat them for my sake. Cor. Here's my oaten pipe, my lovely one, Sport for thee to make. Phyl. Here are threads, my true love, fine as silk, To knit thee, to knit thee, A pair of stockings white as milk. Cor. Here, are reeds, my true love, fine and neat, To make thee, to make thee, A bonnet to withstand the heat. Phyl. I will gather flowers, my Corydon, To set in thy cap. Cor. I will gather pears, my lovely one, To put in thy lap. Phyl. I will buy my true love garters gay For Sundays, for Sundays, To wear about his legs so tall. Cor. I will buy my true love yellow say, For Sundays, for Sundays, To wear about her middle small. Phyl. When my Corydon sits on a hill Making melody ? Cor. When my lov...