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| 1 | 1 | Live with me, and be my love, | |
| 2 | 2 | And we will all the pleasures prove | And we will all the pleasures prove |
| 3 | 3 | That hills and valleys, dale and field, | That hills and valleys, dales and fields, |
| 4 | 4 | And all the craggy mountains yield. | And all the craggy mountains yields. |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | There will we sit upon the rocks | There will we sit upon the rocks, |
| 7 | 7 | And see the shepherds feed their flocks, | And see the shepherds feed their flocks, |
| 8 | 8 | By shallow rivers, | By shallow rivers, by whose falls |
| 9 | 9 | Melodious birds sing madrigals. | Melodious birds sing madrigals. |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | There will I make thee bed | There will I make thee a bed of roses, |
| 12 | 12 | With a thousand fragrant posies, | |
| 13 | 13 | A cap of flowers, and a kirtle | A cap of flowers, and a kirtle |
| 14 | 14 | Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. | Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | A | A belt of straw and ivy buds, |
| 17 | 17 | W | With coral clasps and amber studs; |
| 18 | 18 | And if these pleasures may thee move, | |
| 19 | 19 | Then live with me and be my love. | |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | <b>Love's Answer</b> | |
| 22 | 22 | If that the world and love were young, | |
| 23 | 23 | And | And truth in every shepherd's tongue, |
| 24 | 24 | These pretty pleasures might me move, | |
| 25 | 25 | To live with thee and be thy love. | |
| 26 | Thy silver dishes for thy meat | ||
| 27 | As precious as the gods do eat, | ||
| 28 | Shall on an ivory table be | ||
| 29 | Prepared each day for thee and me. | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | The shepherd swains shall dance and sing | ||
| 32 | For thy delight each May-morning: | ||
| 33 | If these delights thy mind may move, | ||
| 34 | Then live with me and be my Love. |
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