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A Praise of His Lady

Give place, you ladies, and begone!
Boast not yourselves at all!
For here at hand approacheth one …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
To Her Sea-faring Lover

Shall I thus ever long, and be no whit the neare?
And shall I still complain to thee, the which me will not hear?
Alas! say nay! say nay! and be no more so dumb, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
The Faithless Shepherdess

While that the sun with his beams hot
Scorchèd the fruits in vale and mountain,
Philon the shepherd, late forgot, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Crabbed Age and Youth

CrabbÈd Age and Youth
Cannot live together:
Youth is full of pleasance, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Phyllida's Love-Call

Phyllida.corydon, arise, my Corydon!
Titan shineth clear.
Corydon.Who is it that calleth Corydon? …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
A Pedlar

Fine knacks for ladies! cheap, choice, brave, and new,
Good pennyworths—but money cannot move:
I keep a fair but for the Fair to view— …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Hey nonny no!

Hey nonny no!
Men are fools that wish to die!
Is 't not fine to dance and sing …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Preparations

Yet if His Majesty, our sovereign lord,
Should of his own accord
Friendly himself invite, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
The New Jerusalem

Hierusalem, my happy home,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Icarus

Love wing'd my Hopes and taught me how to fly
Far from base earth, but not to mount too high:
For true pleasure …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Madrigal

My Love in her attire doth show her wit,
It doth so well become her;
For every season she hath dressings fit, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
How can the Heart forget her?

At her fair hands how have I grace entreated
With prayers oft repeated!
Yet still my love is thwarted: …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Tears

Weep you no more, sad fountains;
What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
My Lady's Tears

i SAW my Lady weep,
And Sorrow proud to be advancèd so
In those fair eyes where all perfections keep. …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Sister, Awake!

Sister, awake! close not your eyes!
The day her light discloses,
And the bright morning doth arise …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Devotion

Fain would I change that note
To which fond Love hath charm'd me
Long, long to sing by rote, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Since First I saw your Face

Since first I saw your face I resolved to honour and renown ye;
If now I be disdainèd I wish my heart had never known ye.
What? I that loved and you that liked, shall we begin to wrangle? …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Love not me for comely grace

Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face,
Nor for any outward part, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
The Wakening

On a time the amorous Silvy
Said to her shepherd, 'Sweet, how do ye?
Kiss me this once and then God be with ye, …

Anonymous (1500-1599)
Phillida and Coridon

In the merry month of May,
In a morn by break of day,
Forth I walk'd by the wood-side …

Nicholas Breton