On the 28 th day and the last day of
the Blog chatter’s #WRITEAPAGEADAY, Here is a poem with love as the
major theme.
Poet: CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
Poem: THE PASSIONATE
SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the Rocks,
Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow Rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing Madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of Roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty Lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and Ivy buds,
With Coral clasps and Amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May-morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me, and be my love.
This
poem "The Passionate Shepherd" was written by Marlowe in the early
1590s. It was one of the most popular and widely read poems of the English
Renaissance; many poets, such as Sir Walter Ralegh, wrote responses praising,
criticizing, and poking fun at it.
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