542. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe
b"C Marlowe read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\n The Passionate Shepherd to His Love \\nby Christopher Marlowe (1564 \\u2013 1593)\\n \\nCome live with me and be my Love, \\nAnd we will all the pleasures prove \\nThat hills and valleys, dale and field, \\nAnd all the craggy mountains yield. \\n \\nThere will we sit upon the rocks \\nAnd see the shepherds feed their flocks, \\nBy shallow rivers, to whose falls \\nMelodious birds sing madrigals. \\n \\nThere will I make thee beds of roses \\nAnd a thousand fragrant posies, \\nA cap of flowers, and a kirtle \\nEmbroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. \\n \\nA gown made of the finest wool \\nWhich from our pretty lambs we pull, \\nFair lin\\xe8d slippers for the cold, \\nWith buckles of the purest gold. \\n \\nA belt of straw and ivy buds \\nWith coral clasps and amber studs: \\nAnd if these pleasures may thee move, \\nCome live with me and be my Love. \\n \\nThy silver dishes for thy meat \\nAs precious as the gods do eat, \\nShall on an ivory table be \\nPrepared each day for thee and me. \\n \\nThe shepherd swains shall dance and sing \\nFor thy delight each May-morning: \\nIf these delights thy mind may move, \\nThen live with me and be my Love. \\n \\nFirst aired: 20 September 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"