What Will You Give?
What will you give me, if I will wed? A golden gown To come sweetly down, And deck you from foot to head. How will you keep me, if I am cold? By a heart so warm, The bravest storm Dare not force through my strong hands hold. How will you please me, if I should thirst? Why by the rape Of the purple grape, Which the summer and sun have nursed. If I should hunger what may I eat? For you the skies The falcon flies, And the hounds on the stag are fleet. How can you comfort when fair youth dies, When the spirits fain For a purer gain, Than the satisfied flesh supplies? But this I promise, when starved and cold A lonely soul Finds for its goal A six-foot bed and churchyard mould.
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"What will you give me, if I will wed?..."
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