Flowers And Fancies

Author : Boyd Montgomerie Ranking
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259293958
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Flowers and Fancies written by Boyd Montgomerie Ranking and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Flowers and Fancies: Valentines Ancient and Modern Besides, the childhood of the day has kept, Against you come, some orient pearls unwept. Come, and receive them while the light Hangs on the dew-locks of the night: And T itan, on the eastern hill, Retires himself, or else stands still Till you come forth. Wash, dress, be brief in praying; Few beads are best when once we go a-maying. Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green, and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch; each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white thorn neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see 't? Come, we'll abroad, and let 's obey The proclamation made for May; And sin no more, as we have done, by staying, But, my Corinna, come, let's go a-maying. There 's not a budding boy or girl this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May. A deal of youth, ere this, is come Back, and with white thorn laden home. Some have despatched their cakes and cream Before that we have left to dream; And some have wept, and wooed, and plighted troth, And chose their priest, ere we can cast off sloth: Many a green gown has been given Many a kiss, both odd and even. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.