From a Satire written to King James I

"Amarillis I did woo,     And I courted Phillis too;     Daphne, for her love, I chose;     Cloris, for that damask rose     In her cheek, I he"

"Seest thou not, in clearest days, Oft thick fogs cloud Heaven's rays? And that vapours which do breathe From the Earth's gross womb beneath, Seem unto"

"Her true beauty leaves behind     Apprehensions in my mind     Of more sweetness than all art     Or inventions can impart;     Thoughts too d"

"Sweet baby, sleep! what ails my dear,     What ails my darling thus to cry?     Be still, my child, and lend thine ear     To hear me sing thy"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"