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THE FAIR SHEPHERDESS, FR. PHILLIS by THOMAS LODGE

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First Line: MY PHILLIS HATH THE MORNING SUN
Last Line: PRAY HER, BEFORE I DIE SHE WILL COME SEE ME.
Subject(s): LOVE;

MY Phillis hath the morning sun
At first to look upon her;
And Phillis hath morn-waking birds
Her risings still to honour.
My Phillis hath prime-feather'd flowers,
That smile when she treads on them;
And Phillis hath a gallant flock,
That leaps since she doth own them.
But Phillis hath too hard a heart,
Alas that she should have it!

It yields no mercy to desert,
Nor grace to those that crave it.
Sweet sun. when thou look'st on,
Pray her regard my moan;
Sweet birds. when you sing to her,
To yield some pity woo her;
Sweet flowers, whenas she treads on,
Tell her, her beauty deads one;
And if in life her love she nill agree me,
Pray her, before I die she will come see me.




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