Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A LOVE SONNET, by GEORGE WITHER



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First Line: I loved a lass, a fair one
Last Line: Falero, lero, loo.
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited


I LOVED a lass, a fair one,
As fair as e'er was seen;
She was indeed a rare one,
Another Sheba Queen!
But, fool as then I was,
I thought she loved me too:
But now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

Her hair like gold did glister,
Each eye was like a star,
She did surpass her sister,
Which passed all others far;
She would me honey call,
She'd,--oh she'd kiss me too:
But now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

Many a merry meeting
My love and I have had;
She was my only sweeting,
She made my heart full glad;
The tears stood in her eyes
Like to the morning dew:
But now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

Her cheeks were like the cherry,
Her skin as white as snow;
When she was blithe and merry,
She angel-like did show;
Her waist exceeding small,
The fives did fit her shoe:
But now, alas! she 's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

In summer time or winter
She had her heart's desire;
I still did scorn to stint her
From sugar, sack, or fire;
The world went round about,
No cares we ever knew:
But now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

As we walked home together
At midnight through the town,
To keep away the weather
O'er her I'd cast my gown.
No cold my love should feel,
Whate'er the heavens could do;
But now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

Like doves we should be billing,
And clip and kiss so fast;
Yet she would be unwilling
That I should kiss the last,
They're Judas-kisses now,
Since that they proved untrue;
For now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo.

To maidens' vows and swearing
Henceforth no credit give
You may give them the hearing
But never them believe;
They are as false as fair,
Unconstant, frail, untrue:
For mine, alas! hath left me,
Falero, lero, loo.





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