Arms were from shoulders sent, This while our noble King, And many a deep wound lent, Gloucester, that duke so good, Warwick in blood did wade, Oxford the foe invade, And cruel slaughter made, Still as they ran up; Suffolk his axe did ply, Upon Saint Crispin's day To England to carry; Such a King Harry? CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE [1564-1593] THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE COME live with me and be my Love, And we will sit upon the rocks And I will make thee beds of roses A gown made of the finest wool, A belt of straw and ivy buds, The shepherd swains shall dance and sing DESCRIPTION OF HERO ON Hellespont, guilty of true love's blood, To please the careless and disdainful eyes Made with the blood of wretched lovers slain. Upon her head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath; Whose workmanship both man and beast deceives. And, looking in her face, was strooken blind. |