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The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd

February 23, 2013 By PoetryGirl

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd’s tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to . . .

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Filed Under: 1600's, Hard-to-Get (Coy Poems), Humorous Love Poems, Love Poems, Love Poetry, Renaissance Poetry, Sir Walter Raleigh Tagged With: love poems, love poetry, Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, Renaissance Poetry, Sir Walter Raleigh

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