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TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR, by                    
First Line: On (jolly lad) and hie thee to the field
Last Line: Tune all their reeds to sing his memory.
Subject(s): Browne, William (1591-1645)


ON (jolly lad) and hie thee to the field
Among the best swains that the valleys yield;
Go boldly, and in presence of them all,
Proceed a shepherd with this Pastoral.
Let Pan, and all his rural train attending,
From stately mountains to the plains descending,
Salute this Pastor with their kind embraces,
And entertain him to their holy places.
Let all the nymphs of hills and dales together
Kiss him for earnest of his welcome thither:
Crown him with garlands of the choicest flowers,
And make him ever dwell within their bowers:
For well I wot in all the plains around,
There are but few such shepherds to be found,
That can such learned lays and ditties frame,
Or aptly fit their tunes unto the same.
And let them all (if this young swain should die)
Tune all their reeds to sing his memory.





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