Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BLACKMOOR MAID WOOING A FAIR BOY, by HENRY RAINOLDS


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A BLACKMOOR MAID WOOING A FAIR BOY, by                    
First Line: Stay, lovely boy, why fly'st thou me
Last Line: And thou shalt need no other shade than I.
Subject(s): Blacks; Courtship; Love - Cultural Differences


STAY, lovely boy, why fly'st thou me
That languish in these flames for thee?
I'm black, 'tis true: why so is Night,
And Love doth in dark shades delight.
The whole world, do but close thine eye,
Will seem to thee as black as I;
Or ope't, and see what a black shade
Is by thine own fair body made,
That follows thee where'er thou go;
(O who, allow'd, would not do so?)
Let me for ever dwell so nigh,
And thou shalt need no other shade than I.





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