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11Live with me, and be my love, Come live with me and be my Love,
22And we will all the pleasures prove And we will all the pleasures prove
33That hills and valleys, dales and fields, That hills and valleys, dale and field,
44And all the craggy mountains yields. And all the craggy mountains yield.
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66There will we sit upon the rocks, There will we sit upon the rocks
77And see the shepherds feed their flocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
88By shallow rivers, by whose falls By shallow rivers, to whose falls
99Melodious birds sing madrigals. Melodious birds sing madrigals.
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1111There will I make thee a bed of roses, There will I make thee beds of roses
1212With a thousand fragrant posies, And a thousand fragrant posies,
1313A cap of flowers, and a kirtle A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
1414Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.
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1616A belt of straw and ivy buds, A gown made of the finest wool
1717With coral clasps and amber studs; Which from our pretty lambs we pull,
1818And if these pleasures may thee move, Fair linèd slippers for the cold,
1919Then live with me and be my love. With buckles of the purest gold.
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2121<b>Love's Answer</b> A belt of straw and ivy buds
2222If that the world and love were young, With coral clasps and amber studs:
2323And truth in every shepherd's tongue, And if these pleasures may thee move,
2424These pretty pleasures might me move, Come live with me and be my Love.
2525To live with thee and be thy love.
26Thy silver dishes for thy meat
27As precious as the gods do eat,
28Shall on an ivory table be
29Prepared each day for thee and me.
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31The shepherd swains shall dance and sing
32For thy delight each May-morning:
33If these delights thy mind may move,
34Then live with me and be my Love.

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