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THE NEVER-CERTAIN MALE, by                    
First Line: "thyrsis and milla, arm in arm together"
Last Line: "and blush'd, and ran away, and he ran after"
Subject(s): Courtship


THYRSIS and Milla, arm in arm together,
In merry may-time to the green garden walked,
Where all the way they wanton riddles talked;
The youthful boy, kissing her cheeks so rosy,
Beseech'd her there to gather him a posy.
She straight her light green silken coats uptucked,
And may for Mill and thyme for Thyrsis plucked;
Which when she brought, he clasped her by the middle
And kiss'd her sweet, but could not read her riddle.
"Ah, fool!" with that the nymph set up a laughter,
And blush'd, and ran away, and he ran after.





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