...yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,...soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotton. (POEMS, 212) INTRODUCTION The Nymph's jarring allusion to Philomel's rape and mutilation reminds...

...yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights...

...GBL; HAP; InPS; LiTB; NOBE; NoP; OBEV; OBSC; PoEL-2; PPP; Prim; TrGrPo. RB 8 Thy gowns, thy shoes.thy pure Harmony. (1. 142 — 150) OAEL-1; OBS; SeCP;...7 Every Morne from hence, A brisk Cherub somethin 9 Bui could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights...

...yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies...break, soon wither, soon forgotten In folly ripe, in season rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no...

...yields; 10 A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses. Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies...means can move. To come to thee, and be thy love. 20 But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date nor age no need, Then these delights...

...the promised blooms and apparel, remarks that they too soon lose their value. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses. Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,...wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. In stanza five, the nymph says that the shepherd's promises by themselves cannot move her to become...

...the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. Raleigh's nymph whimsically replies: Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,...wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten The lyrical hero resumes: A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these...

...Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither— soon forgotten,...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, — All these in me no means can move To come to thee and...

...yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle,' and thy posies...no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. ' The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd: see "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe...

...tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love — Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies Soon break, soon wither, soon for gotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. I'd sooner hear Kit's laugh than these damned bees. Stabbed...