Come live with me and be my love, <br />And we will all the pleasures prove <br />That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, <br />Woods or steepy mountain yields. <br /> <br />And we will sit upon the rocks, <br />Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, <br />By shallow rivers to whose falls <br />Melodious birds sing madrigals. <br /> <br />And I will make thee beds of roses <br />And a thousand fragrant posies, <br />A cap of flowers, and a kirtle <br />Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle; <br /> <br />A gown made of the finest wool <br />Which from our pretty lambs we pull; <br />Fair lined slippers for the cold, <br />With buckles of th purest gold; <br /> <br />A belt of straw and ivy buds, <br />With coral clasps and amber studs: <br />And if these pleasures may thee move, <br />Come live with me and be my love. <br /> <br />The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing <br />For thy delight each May morning: <br />If these delights thy mind may move, <br />Then live with me and be my love. <br /> <br />________________ <br /> <br /> <br />Herbert Nehrlich addition: <br /> <br />And I shall weave from fallen leaves <br />a crown which in the end deceives <br />the devil and his Reaper grim, <br />no sight will fade, no eyes gow dim <br /> <br />On moss you will be resting and <br />with kisses love and soothe my hand <br />the sheep? The hounds will care for those <br />while I go find for you a rose <br /> <br />to place behind you pretty ear <br />so that from now it too can hear <br />the whispers of your lover's call <br />each tone, and PACE*, yes to all, <br /> <br />I thirst for you, please kiss my lips <br />and bring them close, your sensuous hips, <br />and let us rest here, in the shade <br />while thoughts of duty slowly fade.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-christopher-marlowe-poem/
