Green Pastures: Being Choice Extracts from the Works of Robert Greene, M.A., of Both Universities, 1560(?)-1592Elliot Stock, 1894 - 173 pages |
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Page 126 - It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king, And sweeter too : For kings have cares that wait upon a Crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown : Ah then, ah then, If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What Lady would not love a Shepherd Swain...
Page 45 - ... of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown : Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. The homely house that harbours quiet rest ; The cottage that affords no pride nor care ; The mean that 'grees with country music best ; The sweet consort of mirth and music's fare ; Obscured life sets down a type of bliss : A mind content both crown and...
Page 132 - gan think how some men deem Gold their god ; and some esteem Honour is the chief content, • That to man in life is lent. And some others do contend, Quiet none, like to a friend. Others hold, there is no wealth Compared to a perfect health. Some man's mind in quiet stands, When he is lord of many lands : But I did sigh, and said all this Was but a shade of perfect bliss : And in my thoughts I did approve, Nought so sweet as is true love.
Page 45 - Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown ; Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.
Page 127 - If country loves such sweet desires do gain, What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? To bed he goes, as wanton then, I ween, As is a king in dalliance with a queen ; More wanton too, For kings have many griefs...
Page 99 - I unfold the passions of my love, And lock them in the closet of thy thoughts ? Wert thou to Edward second to himself, Sole friend, and partner of his secret loves ? And could a glance of fading beauty break Th...
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