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They nimbi ely 

 Their feet doe ply, 

 And bravely try 

 The victory, 



in honour o' th' milking paile. 



If any think that I 



doe practise flattery, 

 In seeking thus to raise 

 The merry milkmaid's praise, 



He to them thus reply. 

 It is their desert 

 Inviteth mv art 



to study this pleasant tale ; 

 In their defence 

 Whose innocence. 

 And providence, 

 Gets honest pence 



out of the milking paile. 



(from herrick's poems.) 



TO PHILLIS TO LOVE, AND LIVE WITH HIM, 



s. Ni'-Wit/^' "'^ 



Live, live with me, and thou shalt see 

 The pleasures He prepare for thee ; 

 "What sweets the country can afford, 

 Shall blesse thy bed, and blesse thy board. 

 The soft sweet mosse shall be thy bed, 

 With crawling woodbine overspread ; 

 By which the silver-shedding streames 

 Shall gently melt thee into dreames. 

 Thy clothing next phall be a gowne 

 Made of the fleeces purest downe. 

 The tongues of kids shall be thy meate ; 

 Their milke thy drinke ; and thou shalt eate 

 The paste of filberts for thy bread. 

 With cream of cowslips buttered. 



