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MADRIGAL: HARK JOLLY SHEPHERDS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hark jolly shepherds
Last Line: With echoes sweet rebounding.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Happiness; Music & Musicians; Joy; Delight


HARK jolly shepherds,
Hark yonder lusty ringing,
How cheerfully the bells dance,
The whilst the lads are springing!
Go we then, why sit we here delaying?
And all yond merry wanton lasses playing!
How gaily Flora leads it,
And sweetly treads it!
The woods and groves they ring,
Lovely resounding,
With echoes sweet rebounding.





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