 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...and love were young, And truth in every Shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy Love. But time drives flocks...field to fold, When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold; Then Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of care to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1860 - 402 pages
...the sixth stanza, which was not printed in the first edition of the Angler. See note ante. But Timer drives flocks from field to fold ; When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold; Then ยป Philomel becometh dumb ; And age* complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee and be thy love. But time drives flocks...: And Philomel becometh dumb, And all complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields ; A honey... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1861 - 402 pages
...world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's toung, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love ; But time drives...cold, And Philomel becometh dumb, And all complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton field, If wayward winter reckoning yield ; A honey tongue,... | |
 | Raymond Williams - Literary Criticism - 1975 - 356 pages
...counter was Raleigh's to Marlowe: the relentless intrusion of time on that endless neo-pastoral May: But Time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold. Had joys no date, nor age no need, the pastoral appeal would convince. What is then interesting is... | |
 | R. Wilcher - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 214 pages
...Shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee, and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When Rivers rage, and Rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb, The rest complains of cares to come. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date,... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 422 pages
...and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy Love. But Time drives flocks...rage and rocks grow cold; And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning... | |
 | James Shapiro - English drama - 1991 - 234 pages
...world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasure might me move To live with thee and be thy love. But Time drives flocks...rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning... | |
 | Alberta Turner - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 228 pages
...shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning... | |
 | S. K. Heninger - Poetry - 1994 - 228 pages
...Sheepheards tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee, and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold. When Rivers rage, and Rocks grow cold, And PhiIomeII becommeth dombe, The rest complaines of cares to come. The flowers doe fade, & wanton fieldes,... | |
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The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle... 
